[hpsdr] Odyssey Active QSD Rev. A Schematic

Ahti Aintila oh2rz.sdr at gmail.com
Fri Sep 29 06:31:23 PDT 2006


On 29/09/06, Alberto I2PHD <i2phd at weaksignals.com> wrote:
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, but the two opamps have their inputs biased at 2.5V and the supply
voltage is 5V,
> single-rail. Given that good sound cards can happily accepts up to 4V and more of signal, isn't a design that limits its
> output to 2.5Vp incapable of fully exploiting the dynamic offered by the sound card itself ?
> Wouldn't a ±15V as supply voltage be more adequate for an uncompromised design ?
>
> 73  Alberto  I2PHD

Alberto,

You are absolutely right, but in this case the circuit is designed for
a low power application using a bare CODEC circuit instead of the
sound card.

In other applications I really would use ±5 V or higher supply,
preferably ±15 V.

73, Ahti OH2RZ

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