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   Christopher Howard to piglet   
   Re: cheap analog square function?   
   13 Feb 26 06:40:05   
   
   From: christopher@librehacker.com   
      
   piglet  writes:   
      
   > If high precision is not needed and only LF response is enough then I   
   > have used PWM techniques:   
   >   
   > Circuit A is the basic squaring concept, relies on modern open-drain   
   > output comparators being pretty good switches to ground. Assumes you   
   > already have a source of sawtooth or triangle waves with defined zero   
   > and peak values in the system.   
   >   
      
   Could you please explain better how the PWM squarer circuit works? It   
   look like it would be easy to build, but I don't grasp what is going on.   
      
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