README.md
Jackknife


  
Buffer/Inverter/Gate/Adder/Scaler/Source


Description

This is a collection of common tools for transforming signals, either control voltages or audio signals. While there are several distinct utilities, most are not mutually-exclusive.

Source

When A_IN is disconnected, OUT is a constant voltage output based on the position of the knob. OUT is 0V when the knob is in the center position, and adjusts up to +/- 10V.

Buffer / Scaler

When A_IN is supplied, it's value is buffered to OUT. The knob position linearly adjusts the output gain. At the center position, OUT is the same as A_IN. At the full-left position, OUT is off. At the full-right position, the value of A_IN is doubled.

Adder

When B_IN is supplied, it's value is added to A_IN before applying scaling.

Inverter

~OUT is always the inverse of OUT.

Gate

When GATE is supplied with a digital voltage, it allows disabling OUT (and ~OUT) at logic-low (0V). An LED indicates when the gate is open. When GATE is not supplied, the outputs are always enabled, and the LED remains off.

Digital logic

Digital OR can be implemented by summing signals on A_IN and B_IN With the knob at the 1/4 position. Digital AND can be implemented by applying one signal to A_IN and one to GATE with the knob at the 1/2 position.

Design

A summing inverting amplifier with a variable feedback resistor handles the adder, inverter, and scalar. A connection on either A or B toggles an analog switch selecting between a constant voltage source and the summing output. Another
analog switch controlled by the gate allows that signal to be toggled before it is buffered in both an inverted and
re-inverted back to positive outputs.