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- From: massoud@chemteca.sdsu.edu (Massoud Ajami)
- Subject: Re: 120 HZ oscillator query
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- References: <1992Sep11.233617.12368@seanews.akita.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:20:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep11.233617.12368@seanews.akita.com> finneyk@seanews.akita.com (Ken Finney) writes:
- >From: finneyk@seanews.akita.com (Ken Finney)
- >Subject: 120 HZ oscillator query
- >Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 23:36:17 GMT
- >
- >I'm in need of an oscillator that puts out two square waves,
- >180 degrees out of phase, each one 60 Hz and 50% duty cycle.
- >My original idea was to use a MM5369 17 stage divider (with a
- >7.15 MHz crystal it would generate a 120 Hz output) to drive
- >a flip-flop to generate the two 60 Hz wave forms. Unfortunately,
- >the MM5369 doesn't produce a 50% duty cycle output. So, does
- >anyone know of a IC (or simple (ie: cheap) circuit) that is
- >designed to produce the signals I'm looking for?
- >
- >Wave form A
- > |------| |------| |------| |------|
- >------| |------| |------| |------| |------
- >
- >Wave form B
- >------| |------| |------| |------|
- > |------| |------| |------| |------
- >
- >Note: The "High" times of the two waveforms must not overlap,
- >and it would be even nicer if they have a "break before make"
- >characteristic.
- >
- >
-
- No matter what the duty cycle is, when you send it through a FF, it becomes
- 50%. As you know, FF's are edge sensitive, and Q; -Q, will give you the
- right signal.
-
-
-
- Peace and Prosperity!
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