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Re: [ARSCLIST] square waves....Re: [ARSCLIST] Libraries disposing of records



Steven C. Barr(x) wrote:

Now...let's assume we have a DC battery and a switch...so the output
of the combination is either "current" (switch closed, DC voltage
present) or "no current" (switch open, no DC voltage). We physically
flip the switch between the two, say, five times per second. Since
the voltage rises from zero to X as soon as the switch makes contact,
don't we get a five Hertz "square wave?" Assume we have nice straight
wiring (no inductance)...what, if anything, would distort the wave
shape of our output?

Only if you assume that there is neither capacitance nor inductance in the leads or the termination. However, if that's true, you do have a square wave.


Mike
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