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BASIC ANALOG MODULES<br />

197<br />

Table 6-1. Adjustment <strong>of</strong> Voltage-Controlled Oscillator<br />

Oscillator adjustment<br />

1. Set "zero input frequency" pot for 60 Hz (use power line sync on oscilloscope)<br />

with no control voltages applied<br />

2. Apply 1.000 V to an exponential control input and adjust "ocVv adjust<br />

pot" for 120 Hz output<br />

3. Remove the control voltage and adjust the "zero input frequency" pot for<br />

16.3525 Hz<br />

4. Apply +10 V to a control input and adjust "high-frequency track" pot for<br />

16745 Hz<br />

Waveshaper adjustment<br />

1. Using a moderate frequency (1 kHz) adjust "triangle balance" pot for<br />

best triangle waveshape<br />

2. Adjust "triangle <strong>of</strong>fset" pot for equal positive and negative peaks<br />

3. Vary the capacitance across 02 for minimum "glitch" on the positive<br />

peak <strong>of</strong> the triangle<br />

4. Alternately adjust "sine shape trim" and "sine symmetry trim" for lowest<br />

harmonic distortion<br />

5. Adjust sine amplitude for 20 V pop output. Sine symmetry may have to be<br />

touched up for equal positive and negative peaks<br />

Performance <strong>of</strong> breadboarded unit<br />

Control voltage<br />

0.000<br />

1.000<br />

2.000<br />

3.000<br />

4.000<br />

5.000<br />

6.000<br />

7.000<br />

8.000<br />

9.000<br />

10.000<br />

Frequency (Hz)<br />

16.35<br />

32.71<br />

65.44<br />

131.1<br />

261.9<br />

524.3<br />

1048.0<br />

2096.0<br />

4190.0<br />

8379.0<br />

16745.0<br />

Error (%)<br />

o o<br />

+0.05<br />

+0.21<br />

+0.10<br />

+0.19<br />

+0.14<br />

+0.13<br />

+0.09<br />

+0.08<br />

o<br />

Average temperature coefficient at 1 kHz from +25°C to +35°C is 0.11 %/ °C.<br />

Voltage-Controned Amplifier<br />

The VCA is the second <strong>of</strong> the "basic three" modules. For many applications,<br />

its performance is not nearly as critical as the VCO just described. This<br />

is because VCAs are normally utilized to control the amplitude <strong>of</strong> an audio<br />

signal, and the human ear is much less sensitive to inaccuracies in amplitude<br />

control than it is to imperfect frequency control. The typical VCA module<br />

used in a "manual" synthesis system, therefore, is seldom very precise or<br />

carefully calibrated. For a critical application, the user is expected to calibrate<br />

the VCA using the several panel controls that are normally available.<br />

In the precalibrated computer-controlled system, however, the use <strong>of</strong><br />

VCAs to process control signals, which may eventually control a VCO, is<br />

more likely. For example, the control inputs to a precalibrated VCO will

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