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Article #16851Re: Detecting Sine Wave freq
From: Paul Michael Wayner
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:49
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:49
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In article <1993Jan10.052336.9972@ssc.com>, markz@ssc.com (Mark Zenier) writes: |> Paul Michael Wayner (pmw2c@csissun10.ee.Virginia.EDU) wrote: |> : I'm interested in designing a circuit that will determine |> : if a sine wave frequency is in a certain range of values, |> : specifically, 45-51 MHz. It is very important that the |> : detector be as reliable a possible, so I would like to use |> : only a few active components and try to stick to RC's as |> : much a possible. |> |> (At that frequency, every wire is an inductor, whether you |> want it to be or not.) All too true. |> |> How sensitive? And is the input an antenna or a high level |> signal? A low level signal? What kind of noise or |> interference? More than one signal at a time? Fixed or |> Variable frequency? Is the output an on/off digital signal, or |> a amplitude, a blinking light, a spectrum display, etc. ... |> |> [In other words, your spec. is a little vague.] |> |> Mark Zenier markz@ssc.wa.com |> Excellent questions! I apologize for not being more specific. The input is a 5 Vpp signal on a PCB. Noise and interference minimal. Only one signal, fixed frequency, with a on/off digital output. Paul Wayner
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!concert!uvaarpa!murdoch!csissun10.ee.Virginia.EDU!pmw2c From: pmw2c@csissun10.ee.Virginia.EDU (Paul Michael Wayner) Subject: Re: Detecting Sine Wave freq Message-ID: <1993Jan10.224950.17028@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Reply-To: pmw2c@csissun10.ee.Virginia.EDU (Paul Michael Wayner) Organization: University of Virginia References: <1993Jan9.214241.22174@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1993Jan10.052336.9972@ssc.com> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:49:50 GMT Lines: 32