[minima] Re: Experimenting with the crystal filter

  • From: Clark Martin <cmmac@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 01:38:59 -0800


Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose.

> On Jan 22, 2014, at 1:34 AM, Thomas Sarlandie <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I am using an ad9850 and I measured the output impedance to be 100 ohms. I 
> simply measured the output voltage in open circuit (519 mV rms) and the 
> output current in short circuit (5.1 mA). This is as simple as it gets but I 
> think this is correct.

A better way is to measure the open circuit voltage then apply a resistive load 
to it and adjust the resistance till the voltage is one half the open circuit 
voltage. The load resistance will be equal to the source impedance. 



Other related posts: