[time-nuts] DDS'ery

[Attila Kinali]

On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:39:16 +0100
Luis Cupido <cupido at mail.ua.pt> wrote:

> Well, if we really need to filter it out
> we better filter the MSB and square it
> again...
> 
> Why having a DAC for ???
> 
> Right ?

If you filter a square wave, you have a lot more harmonics than
if you filter a signal that is already nearly sine. Hence the
DAC stage gives you a higher signal purity. And as filters are
never optimal, you'd rather go with a more pure signal :-)


			Attila Kinali

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