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Subject: Re: Quad phased output LFO

From: "strohs56k" <strohs@...>
Date: 2003-09-05

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "paulhaneberg" <phaneber@o...> wrote:
> I'd like to have one of these myself and I plan to build one if Paul
> or someone else doesn't first :)
> My plan is to use a wave table and some counters. You'd shift the
> phase by adding or subtracting from the counter [...]

If the intent is LFO, it seems like it might be easier to do this with
a microcontroller like a PIC or something. You need to write some
code but you gain flexibility and the electronics (basically the MCU
and maybe a couple of serial DACs) will be less involved compared with
a bunch of counters and associated logic.

And what you really want - have a few digits of 7 segment displays to
show the selected phase separation and make it continuously variable
in 1 degree steps. Maybe have 8 outputs that are selectable - so you
could choose 8 phases of one waveform or 2 sets (4 phases of two
different waveforms) or 4 sets (2 phases of 4 waveforms) - something
like that.


seth