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Article #6506Re: D/A on parallel port
From: John De Armond
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:57
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:57
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HARVEY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
>I am looking for the circuit to output sounds through the parallel port.
>The schematics in the MODPLAY package are difficult to understand. Does
>anyone out there have a better schematic for this circuit. Any help
>will be gratly appreciated. My computer understands Orcad, Pads , Gifs as
>well as Postscript.
No schematic needed. Connect an R-2R resistor network across the bits
of the port. Viola, instant D/A. This is what the covox talker
does. If you can't find a network, you can make one yourself.
2 * R
bit ----VVVVVV-------+
/
\
/ R
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bit ----VVVVVV-------+
/
\
/
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bit ----VVVVVV-------+
/
\
/
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MSB ----VVVVVV-------+---------------- out
John
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