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- 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
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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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