[sdiy] (Low) frequency to voltage conversion

Steve Lenham steve at bendentech.co.uk
Thu Mar 27 13:06:18 CET 2014


On 27/03/2014 11:59, Tom Wiltshire wrote:

>> In that case do what Tom was talking about a few days ago on another
>> thread and implement a reciprocal frequency counter in a PIC/AVR/etc,
>> and then output a voltage via a DAC proportional to the input
>> frequency (insert usual discussion about how many bits, etc etc etc).
>> That way you only have to wait for one complete cycle before the
>> output updates.  Getting it to behave nicely over a 10 octave range
>> will be fun.
>
> +1 for this idea. That's exactly what I was about to propose.

It's what I _did_ propose, back at the head of the thread! :-)

Steve L.






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