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An electrical signal composed of a single conductor carrying a voltage which varies with respect to a reference voltage (usually ground), as opposed to a differential signal, which consists of complementary signals carried on each conductor.

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I have to make an isolated voltage sensor using an isolated amplifier (AMC1300, link to its datasheet). It produces a differential output centred around its common mode voltage, \$1.44V\$ ...
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The plan On my DSP development board I’m planning to use the TI PCM3168A codec. For now, I’ll only be working with line-level, single-ended audio in/out. This codec only provides differential outputs, ...
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I’m working on a test setup using the ATM90E32AS energy metering IC. As an analog signal source, I’m using an AD9833 waveform generator connected to an Arduino. I generate a 50 Hz sine wave from the ...
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There is a circuit I built which inputs a differential and outputs differential present in Ltspice schematics. I want this circuit to input a single ended signal. Is there some active component or ...
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I have output LVPECL 100 Ω and I need convert it to 50 Ω single ended. Circuit working on 7.75 MHz. I would prefer transformers, but I cannot found any for my frequency. Can I ask for help?
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Ok- new to waveguide parts- I acquired a few of these in a box. Appears to be gold plate on brass and copper- any help? I have been all over the internet
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I have a 0-2V 100MHz single-ended square wave signal that is coming to my circuit through a coaxial cable. I want to convert this single-ended signal to differential and route it on the PCB in this ...
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I'm looking for clarification on whether differential signals actually offer benefits with regards to EMI protection versus single-ended signals. Here is my current understanding (feel free to make ...
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In the first stage the signal is converted to single-ended, and it is amplified using a digital potentiometer in the second stage to be able to change the gain with a microcontroller. In the last ...
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First schematic below is the initial gain stage of the intermediate signal generated by mixer of radar. It is passed through sallen key high pass filter. Second schematic for differential to single ...
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Opamps often get used with one input at a DC voltage, usually the main ground per the standard inverting amplifier example: For low noise, a BJT input stage like OPA1611's is often chosen for the ...
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I am chasing my tail on a project and cannot seem to find a way out of the hole. I have a small 18mm 40kHz piezo transducer running through a powered precision rectifier+preamp circuit. This tiny ...
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When reading the ADF4371 evb datasheet, I realized that 16-32 GHz output uses only single-ended but all other outputs use differential output. Doesn't it mean for very high frequency the single-ended ...
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I need to convert a LVDS clock into a single-ended signal. In the past I've used a voltage balun with a center tap on the secondary but I haven't found any good past 1GHz. I need to get to 2GHz in ...
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I'm transmitting analog audio signal from BM20 bluetooth module (it has single ended audio out L + R), to amplifier TPA3118D2. I wish to add two TRS 1/4 balanced audio output jacks (separate for L and ...
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I know that there can be crosstalk between differential pairs (and you need at least a few lengths equal to the diff pair between diff pairs, usually 3 or more diff pair widths). What is the ...
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I'm designing a circuit that produces differential signal outputs in the frequency range from DC to about 2 GHz. This differential signal will be driven by an FDA (probably LMH6401 or LMH5401). I'd ...
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Edited to clarify some questions I’m working on a design that will take a 0.5V-4V signal from a laser displacement sensor (Keyence Il-1000) and convert it to a frequency signal (0.1-2Mhz) for input to ...
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I'm trying to control a laser scanner from an Arduino board. The Arduino outputs a single-ended digital signal 0V or 3.3V. The signal I'm transmitting to the laser is the same signal as I use to ...
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I am planning a system consisting of 1 master device which is connected to 19 slave devices using RS485 transceivers. Also, all devices are powered by 1 PSU. A simplified schematic is shown below. As ...
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I want to use the MAX1032 ADC (datasheet) to measure a voltage (Vin) through a voltage divider (30K/3K) with a PIC microcontroller over SPI. I have written a simple library for Single-Ended Unipolar ...
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I have ten devices that I need to connect in a loop so they can send data from one device to the next until it returns to the original device. The devices are about 5 inches apart. They are all 5V ...
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I'm studying the circuit block below in an Italian textbook, "Dispositivi e circuiti elettronici", by M. Gasparini, D. Mirri. The circuit is called "single-ended push-pull with ...
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The datasheet that I refer to below can be found here: https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/6946fb.pdf I have a question about baluns. In the datasheet for LTC6946 ...
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I'm solving for the third stage. The resistance looking into the base of Q7 is taken between its base terminal and ground as follows during small signal analysis for single end gain of Second Stage ...
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At the moment, I'm working on converting a single ended audio signal to a differential one (source is a CS42L55, need a differential input for a CSR8670. The latter's datasheet is indecisive about how ...
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I have a differential signal that needs to be conditioned as follows: Convert from differential to single-ended. Filter with a 3rd order Sallen-Key filter Common-mode shift into an single-ended, ...
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I'm designing a energy monitoring system that is using split-core clamp current sensors to measure multiple high power lines(40+ lines at 300A each) in a MCB room of a building. I'm currently sourcing ...
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If I take a USB cable connect it with my cellphone from 1 half and in the other end I connect VCC and GND to VCC and GND pins of the arduino and the D+ and D- pins to digital pins and use a ...
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simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab N.B. I_D=KVov^2 without the 2 I’m really confused with this excercise, my problem is to calculate the A_v=v_out/vd and the cutting ...
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I want to convert differential-current output of DAC2902 to single-ended voltage. Can I do it with following differential op-amp configuration at the output of the DAC? The voltage gain is fixed = 1 ...
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While learning about the differential signals I saw this youtube video. It looks like this slide does not correctly shows the voltage levels of the complementary differential signals, as I have marked ...
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I am evaluating some ADCs for my project and am trying to understand the operation of Adafruit's ADS1115 16 bit ADC (https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-4-channel-adc-breakouts/downloads) in single-...
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I've got two differential driver circuit designs that take a single ended input and provide as output a buffered pair of +1 and -1 times the input and I'm struggling to understand the difference ...
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Originally I wanted to setup a simple curve trace circuit to measure the characteristics of a BJT I salvaged. This circuit operates by measuring the voltage and current through the transistor for ...
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In single ended signal line the measurement is the difference between the signal and the ground. Isn't this way of calculation make it differential? Almost all the resource I have read says that ...
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I'm interfacing a product that operates on a kind of CAN bus. Specifically, it uses the CANL line only. I'd like to use a transceiver I've used before, the MCP2562, and I suspect there's not likely ...
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I have this circuit that converts a single ended input signal to differential output signal. I want to understand how to calculate or find out its input and output impedances? The two op-amps are in ...
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I have this circuit that is used to convert an incoming analog differential input signal to a single ended signal. The differential input is connected at IN+, IN- and the output is taken from OUT. I ...
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i have a 8GHz differential clock to convert to single ended. Is taking one end of the clock enough? what are the risks of doing so?
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I'm currently designing a single rail power supply audio amplifier and just wondering what the benifits are (if any) and if its worth including a film/poly capacitor in parallel with the large ...
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Let's consider an op-amp: The book I'm reading says that, ideally, if the voltage difference between the two inputs is zero (thus vin1=vin2) then the output voltage should be zero. However, because of ...
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I know this topic has been beaten to death but I still have not got a clear understanding. Pardon me for my bad explanation as I am an automotive engineer by trade. I am simulating an engine knock ...
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If I want to use a CML differential gate's (Ex: SY58051AU) output as the enable ECL input for an ECL counter(EX: MC100EP016A). What's the best way to connect the output to the input? I think I need to ...
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I want to use a sensor with analog output in my design. The output of the sensor is a low frequency traingular wave (less than 300 Hz) and voltage vetween 0 - 5V. I need to carry the sensor signal to ...
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Let's assume I have an AD-converter that expects a differential signal with zero common mode voltage and I want to connect a single ended signal source. If the AD has it's own isolated ground, couldn'...
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I would like to measure voltages from external circuits with the single ended ADC from an Atmega324. The plan is to power the Atmega324 with 3.3V and use a 1.024 or 2.048 voltage reference. The ...
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This is about for low level signals interference/noise being observed with single ended data acquisition inputs but not with diff inputs. Basically there are three data acquisition boards, where one ...
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I have a Cirrus Logic CS43198 DAC with pseudo differential outputs. Is there a simple passive circuit to change them to single ended outputs?
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I have a differential signal up to 1.5 MHz and have to transform it to a single ended signal. I have found this amplifier which has a BW of 2.2 MHz and should therefore be okay for this task. The ...
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