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What is the structure and type of harmonics generated by a very differentiated square wave (i.e bipolar spikes)?

this question is in two parts. Firstly, can you please tell me what the structure and amplitude distribution is of harmonics generated by a differentiated square wave of 50% duty cycle, where the time ...
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Pulse generation using Timer counter in ATMEL SAM3x8e Arduino Due

I am using the ATMEL SAM3x8e chip on an Arduino Due. I want to generate two pulses of frequency 100 kHz of the pattern shown below (1 period shown). For this I used TIOA8 and TIOA0 lines in the ...
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i2C controllable pulse generator [closed]

I am trying to build circute where I can generate single pulse having width ranging from 1ms to 50ms and I would like to be able to control the width via i2c. what I have done so far was using LED ...
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How can I shorten the width of a pulse?

I am exploring ways to shorten the width of the ON-time of a PWM signal while keeping the switching frequency constant. I intend to use S1 as the signal to the Enable/Disable pin of a gate driver IC ...
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Logic analyzer gives me much more pulses than expected

Let me start the question by saying that I am using a logic analyzer for the first time, so I am probably doing something wrong. I sniffed the signal that goes to a speaker. The signal is probably PWM....
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Tachometer pulses breaking down at lower speeds

I have a Noctua 4-pin PWM fan (PWM datasheet) from which I'm attempting to calculate RPM using the open collector tachometer output. I'm producing the PWM waveform using a Raspberry Pi Pico. Here's ...
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Interrupt trigger on presence of a pwm signal

In order to detect the presence of a pwm signal using a microcontroller from an external sensor (an interrupt), say the sensor is a hall sensor rotary encoder that is used to count the number of ...
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Stepper Driver pulses control (with Arduino)

I intend to control the speed of a stepper motor thanks to a driver connected to Arduino (Mega). Basically the driver has, among others, 2 pins, PUL+ (Vcc) and PUL- (GND, common cathode), and each ...
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Adding delay to pulsed signal in matlab code with PWM block

How can I generate a pulsed (rectangular) signal such that, total period = 500ms (simulation time); clock frequency = 10kHz; pulse should occur every 20 ms. Duration of the pulse is the clock period ...
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Generate a fixed number of pulses on the STM32F4 PWM

I am trying to control a servo motor (link). It is a brushless DC motor with an interface similar to a stepper motor. The motor rotates for a defined distance based on the number of pulses it ...
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Arduino - Not outputting 2 separate signals

I’m trying to get an Arduino to output 2 signals with different frequencies for a project.The schematic of the circuit is shown below. I’m trying to experiment using Pulse Width Modulation to give me ...
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VF PWM for varying frequency reference function

I am new with PWM methods and there is a subject that I cant find an answer to and decided to ask here. For a varying frequency PWM (VF-PWM) I have found that by using the following spectral ...
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Why does a Solenoid driven with intermittent duty cylce produce higher force than with continuous drive?

I'm selecting some solenoids with my MechE and I noticed something that I didn't have an intuitive explanation for. We were looking at this solenoid and noticed that at the bottom the forces ...
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PWM, PAM, PCM sine generation and usage confusion

I am confused about something fundamental regarding PWM, PAM and PCM. I am going to be using a speaker's driver analogy to explain my point. As far as I know motors use PWM for power input, I don't ...
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Generate PWM Signal in LTSpice [closed]

How can I generate a 100KHz PWM Signal in Ltspice? How do I calculate Ton and Tperiode?
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