ComputerVoltageSources

Hi Chris

--- In ComputerVoltageSources@yahoogroups.com, xamboldt <xamboldt@...>
wrote:
>
> This may be drifting a little OT,

not at all!
in fact, one of the reaons i'm riding these threads so hard is that
NOW is the time to brainstorm these issues , and get on with it
so.... fire away!

> but I'm wondering why you couldn't  
> just wire the 10V source to the normalling lug of the input jack, and  
> then wire the tip lug to the attenuating pot, so that it would act as  
> an attenuator for the 10V source or any signal you plugged in...
> 
> Am I missing something? It would be far from the first time :)

that'd work fine (ya might want a resistor in series to limit the
current in the quick zap that happens while the plug passes thru....
but it would work fine

(but what Grant proposes below)

> Since we are spinning a new board, I think it would be useful to
have full synthesizer style
> inputs. That is algebraic summing with offset and span for each
channel. Plus calibratable
> voltage inputs, so you can compute in real floating point voltages
and interface 1 volt per
> octave keyboards.
>

yields OFFSET 
and (speaking strictly for myself) i've found offset to be invaluable
when interfacing to a wide range of external gadgets.

that's why i'm behind this one!

best,
-doc