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Category: PIC/Programming

NOISE2, a white and pink noise source in a single chip

Posted on May 1, 2019September 2, 2019

It’s been around ten years since I developed the original Druid NOISE 1B chip to produce good quality white noise. Finally it gets an update, and the new NOISE2 chip can produce pink noise as well as white noise, so there’s no need for external “pinking” filters. Here’s what it sounds like, white noise and pink […]

Posted in Noise, PIC/Programming, Synth DIY   13 Comments on NOISE2, a white and pink noise source in a single chip

An LED bargraph audio level display

Posted on March 25, 2019July 15, 2019

Replacing the LM3914/LM3915/LM3916 with a PIC Most designs you see for audio level LED bargraph displays use the LM3914/LM3915/LM3916 series chips that are no longer made. However, the chips are simple, so we can replace them with a PIC and build a nice LED bargraph driver on a single chip. So why do you need this thing? […]

Posted in PIC/Programming, Projects   14 Comments on An LED bargraph audio level display

Practical LFSR random number generators

Posted on May 21, 2009November 21, 2019

The linear feedback shift register is one of the most useful techniques for generating psuedo-random numbers. I’ve used this method for creating noise generators and as an element in the random modulation generators I spent a long time developing for my Protowave synth. If you’re not really clear how an LFSR works, have a look […]

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