A function generator usually refers to a piece of test equipment that generates a variety of waveforms over a range of frequencies. A typical unit may generate sine, square and triangle waves at a frequency up to around 20MHz, they tend to be less often used at higher RF frequencies.
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Usage of RC oscilators [closed]
Hello everyone I am looking for usage of RC oscilators but sadly I cannot find them anywhere. That is why I decided to post there my question.
Please provide an answer for all future users of this ...
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Why is my DC power supply voltage decreasing when I increase my function generator amplitude?
In lab, we are constructing a power amplifier. We built it first in Multi Sim, ran a transient analysis (picture below), built it on a protoboard and then ran it through an oscilloscope to make sure ...
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How to build a circuit that generates a sine wave?
How can I build a circuit to generate sine waves?
What I am working on is building a 555-timer circuit that gives 50% duty cycle square wave, then using a low-pass or band-pass filter tuned to the ...
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What analog circuit i should use to shifting a signal from -5..5v into 0..10v? [duplicate]
I want to output my circuit from -5..5v into 0..10v. My circuit generate -5..5v. What should i do to generate that signal? what analog circuit i should use?
thanks
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How to calculate appropriate value for noise-removal capacitor?
I'm still figuring out analog electronics with my waveform generator project. It has a 9V power supply that I split into +/-4.5V rails with an op amp virtual ground (the subject of an earlier ...
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Why does the voltage output of a signal generator changes with its frequency setting?
I connected a signal generator to a 5.1 ohm resistor, which may be too low comparing to the internal resistance of the generator, so I got only several hundreds millivolts amplitude for frequencies ...
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Bipolar output from DAC with unipolar supplies
I want to use a unipolar 12-bit DAC (MCP4725) as a function generator with bipolar output (from -2.5 to +2.5V). Problem is, I only have two supplies of +5V and +12V referenced to the same ground, so ...
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How (or if?) to isolate inputs to op amp summer?
I am building a function generator as an exercise. I have a 9V power supply that I split into +/-4.5V. The +4.5V side powers an Arduino that outputs the waveform as a series of 8-bit values on ...
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Function generator output voltage
In a function generator, when I set Zout to be 50 Ohm, and Vpp is 1V. Is this Vsource, or the Vload when I have a matching load of 50 Ohm?
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High speed (>30KHz) 10-bit PWM generator
I'm looking for a way to generate a high speed PWM signal into a high impedance input gate driver IC. This would be used to replace a lab bench waveform generator. Preferably I would use something ...
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Building a low-cost oscilloscope and a function generator [closed]
I want to build an oscilloscope and a function generator as a graduation project in my university. Cost should not exceed 125$ or 250$ if the project has more additional features. I will display ...
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Noob Measurement Mystery
I am taking up electronics and bought some used test equipment. I have been measuring anything and everything, sometimes with unexpected results. Above is one of those cases.
The function generator ...
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HP8116A Function Generator Signal Problem
I'm trying to use a function generator HP 8116A and an oscilloscope Tektronix TDS210. When i connect the probe to trigger output of function generator, i can observe the square wave correctly.
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Sine wave generator not working?
Can't get sine wave out of this circuit in Proteus. Can you help me, please? I'm suppose to have sine wave generator with range 1 kHz - 200 kHz. While googling came ...
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Adding DC offset control to a function generator
I recently bought the following small hand-held function generator: http://www.velleman.co.uk/contents/en-uk/p371_hpg1.html
But unfortunately it doesn't have a DC offset control. What is the easy way ...
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Getting bad square-wave from the function generator
I have a small function generator:
http://www.velleman.co.uk/contents/en-uk/p371_hpg1.html
And using the following device for DAQ:
http://www.mccdaq.com/PDFs/manuals/USB-1208LS.pdf
I hook up the ...
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Ramp Generator using op amp
I'm searching for a ramp generator circuit which is using only op amps (I guess I need an integrator & differentiator for that). The output should be like in the image below.
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Sine wave distortion in simple op-amp circuit- bypass capacitor?
I've built a simple unity-gain buffer op-amp circuit from the UCSB lab here, with a 12V power supply and a 1V, 1 kHz input sine wave.
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Setting up the “Basic Bipolar Output Operation” connection on a DAC08 chip
I have an 8-bit waveform description coming from an FPGA into the DAC, and I want to read the analog output on an oscilloscope. I figured I should implement this setup found in page 11 of the data ...
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What is the low limit of today's power supply voltage generation and voltage amplitude of sinuosid generation?
Voltage is not really generated, current is, but let me use this colloquial term. What is limitation for generating electrical voltage very low (DC power supply)? What voltage is the real low limit ...
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function generator
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
First, I set the output terminal of function generator to 50ohm and output voltage amplitude to 8Vp-p. Then I change the ...
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Advantages on using a function generator against a multi-pulse generator by using a 555
I have designed a noise and interference reduction block. When I was going to test it by mounting the system in the lab, my professor told me that I could test it by creating a source of 50Hz by using ...
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DDS with AD9833 and Microcontroller
I'm working on a two channel DDS function generator for a project. I have done some research and I want to use the AD9833 IC controlled with a Microcontroller, an Atmel chip if possible since I have ...
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7W IC amplifier
I have a 7W Audio Amplifier IC Module. It's instruction says power input should be 12~16 Volts. The audio source should be connected to "IN" and "G". Output should be a 7W Speaker to "SPK". In lab, ...
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Simple function generator: is current-limiting/short circuit protection/impedance matching necessary?
I have designed a function generator with the intent to provide test signals to a microcontroller or ADC of some other device. However, I may forget that a year down the line and plug it into some ...
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Question about function generator's arbitrary waveform generation ability [closed]
I want to buy a function generator with arbitrary waveform generation ability for lab use. My question is, can arbitrary waveform generation's capability generate one sine wave(act as noise) rides on ...
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Voltage drops when a signal is fed into op-amp comparator
I have a function generator SFG-2110 from GW Instek. I set it to generate a square wave with max/min of aroudn +- 1 V. And I checked with an oscilloscope.
However, when I connected outputs of the ...
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What makes an arbitrary waveform generator arbitrary?
Why are some signal or waveform generators called "Arbitrary Waveform Generators"? Am I misunderstanding the word arbitrary? This question is not necessarily about the word arbitrary but more about ...
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Function generator as a DC power supply
I'm wanting to start my own lab at home so that I can learn things faster than uni teaches (we're not allowed into labs unless we're in our own lab).
A friend said that I'd be better off getting a ...
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can I use function generator as electrocutaneous
I am looking to build a electrocutaneous system to stimulate tactile sensation.
I researched and find we need to provide current wave of ~2mA ~0.2ms ~200Hz.
Can I build a function generator with ...
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Low frequency low voltage Sine wave generator
I want to build a low frequency (around 10 Hz) and low voltage (about 3V) sine wave generator to drive an electro magnet. It would be very helpful, if you can suggest few efficient ways of doing this.
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How to use an oscilloscope with a function generator?
I am taking a digital electronics class and I am utterly confused. I am using Multisim to design circuits, and for one of my labs I had to use a function generator with a oscilloscope. Here is a ...
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signal generator - circularly polarised
I am testing some hardware in lab that computes the four Stokes parameters. To test the hardware, I want to generate circularly polarised sine wave. Provided the frequency is high enough (above ~100 ...
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Active signal generator IC for 100kHz [closed]
I am trying to get an IC to generate a 100kHz sinusoidal waveform for my circuit. However when I google, all I can find are retired products which make me very hard to find (I stay in Singapore) so ...
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square wave generator on 20MHz
I need a circuit that generates rectangular waves. It shouldn't be lo-hi-lo-hi, but a random sequence of lo-hi-hi-hi-lo-lo is needed. It also has to oscillate like that, at at least 20MHz. I don't ...
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Why is the output of wien bridge oscillator sinusoidal?
I have been studying Wein Bridge Oscillator for a function generating project. I am curious how output of the oscillator is always sinusoidal. A rigorous mathematical reasoning would be great.
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Generating a sine wave over a big frequency range
I want to build a circuit that can generate sine waves at frequencies controlled by a computer or a microcontroller. I would like to go as low as 0.01 Hz (down to 0.05 Hz would probably be acceptable) ...
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sine wave generator circuit with OPA604 and LM3900
I am trying to generate a sine wave signal. I am following this guide http://www.ti.com/lit/ml/sloa087/sloa087.pdf from TI. The thing is I cannot find the IC that they are using (TLV2471) and I only ...
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How to drive 1MHz Ultrasonic Transducers
I have 2 ultrasonic transducers (see below picture) facing each other with spacing of 10cm (adjustable). I would like to supply 1 MHz sine wave (from function generator) to one transducer ...
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Setting the peak or peak to peak output voltage [closed]
Can the peak or peak to peak output voltage of a function generator be set without the aid of auxiliary instrument such as DMM or Oscilloscope?
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Impedance mismatch
When I connect an oscilloscope to a function generator use both oscilloscope cable (one connect to the scope and one connect to the FG), I got 700mVpp when outputing a sine wave of 1Vpp and 10kHz.
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Using XR2206 function generator with split supply
I have an Exar XR2206 to generate triangle wave with single supply Vcc. This wave has peak value 12 volt and 0 volt.
How to make this IC operate in split-supply?
Hence I got triangle wave with peak ...
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Series RLC measurement result different with theory
I am measuring the current and voltage in simple RLC circuit:
However,the result that I measured show big difference with the simulation result using Multisim.
Why is there are a big difference ...
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How to design an square wave Oscillator Circuit with 1-20 MHz range?
I need a circuit that will generate square waves in a range of 1 to 20MHz. The circuit also should be adjustable in a scale of 0.05MHz for each step. There is no need for adjustments during the ...
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How does this circuit produce a triangular-wave output?
I came across this circuit and can't see how it works. I have never really dealt with any operation amplifier circuits that make use of positive feedback, so that only worsens the problem.
It ...
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Meaning of maximum load function generator can drive
For example, if a function generator has a minimum load of 1kohm and a maximum load of 50Mohm, if we connect less than 1kohm, the output amplitude will distort.
But what happens to the output ...
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Calculate the transfer function [duplicate]
I have a question about this circuit.What is the transfer function for this circuit?
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Internal resistance of Function Generator
I'm using a function generator that has a 50ohm internal resistance. Does this affect any circuit that I may connect it to and if so, how would it affect the results?
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Current flow through resistor in as current
While I was working in an AC current lab, I used a very simple circuit. 1 resistor and a wave generator. The voltage was about 3V (RMS) and the resistance 1.173 kohm. According to Ohm's law i.e. V=IR ...
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Should the output impedance of a function generator be high or low?
As we know, \$R_{load}\$ should be greater than \$R_s\$ on a function generator to avoid loading effect. Does it mean that the output impedance of the function generator should be lower?
