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- From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: D/A on parallel port
- Message-ID: <dwvn=q=@dixie.com>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 17:57:45 GMT
- References: <92254.161251HARVEY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
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- HARVEY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
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- >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
- |
- bit ----VVVVVV-------+
- /
- \
- /
- |
- bit ----VVVVVV-------+
- /
- \
- /
- |
- MSB ----VVVVVV-------+---------------- out
-
- John
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