
The switching circuit in Fig. 8 steers
a single audio signal to a choice of
two
outputs. When
a positive
voltage
is ap-
plied to the anode of either
diode,
through
R2 or R3, its
internal resistance
goes from near infinity as an open
switch, to a low of a few ohms when
AUDIO
IN
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TO
3V
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R2
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AUDIO
OUT
BIAS
INPUT
((f9
15V
Fig.
7 -This circuit uses a silicon
diode
to switch audio
from point "A"
to point
"B" by applying
a positive
voltage
to the bias circuit. The
switching
voltage can come
from a
mechanical
switch or
logic output.
closed. If both
switches are closed the
audio
will
be switched to
both outputs
A and B.
The diode-
switching circuit in
Fig. 9
uses a positive
voltage
to
switch input
"B"
to
the output circuit and a negative
voltage
to
switch input "A" to the out-
AUDIO
IN
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Fig. 8 -The switching
circuit shown
here
steers
a single
audio signal
to a
choice
of two outputs.
When a positive
voltage is applied
to the anode of
either
diode, through
R2 or
R3. its
internal resistance goes
from
near
infinity as an open switch,
to a
low
of
a few ohms
when closed.
If
both switches
are closed
the audio
is fed to both outputs
A and B.
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R1
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9
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R3
10K
OUT
A OR B
Fig. 9 -This
diode -controlled switch-
ing
circuit uses a positive voltage
to
switch
input "B" to the
output
circuit and a negative voltage to
switch
input "A" to the
output.
put.
All three of the diode
switching
circuits can
handle audio levels
up to 2-
volts
peak -to -peak, and
operate
with a
bias
voltage of 9 to 16.
Looks like
we have just about
filled
our cup for this
month. In closing,
I
wish
you all good
circuitry until the
next time
we meet.
FRIEDMAN ON
COMPUTERS
(Continued
on page 85)
reformed
at the
receiving
modem. It
also
maintains dynamic
tabulation
of
repeated characters
-
dynamic
meaning
continuous
updating.
In the compres-
sion process, any
unneeded data,
such
as a character
start bit,
for instance,
is
stripped off.
Under the
best of circumstances,
which
usually
means text
files, com-
pression
can provide up
to double the
throughput. In practical
terms, it means
that a 2400
-baud modem
can send in-
formation at the
rate of 4800 baud, al-
though
an 80 -85%
increase is more
typical. Also,
compression has little
effect
on highly
random data, such as
executable
files and
pre- compressed
data.
And assuming the
best of circum-
stances, if your computer
is feeding the
modem
at only 2400
baud, compres-
sion
or no compression, the
maximum
data -exchange
rate that is possible
is
2400 baud.
To get the
maximum possible
throughput,
it's necessary
to feed a
Class
5 modem as
fast as it can transmit
data.
That is done, as
shown in Fig. 1,
by providing
memory
within the
modem, and then
by outputting from
the computer
to the modem
at a much
higher baud rate, such as 9600
baud.
The computer
fills
the
modem's memo-
ry,
which
uses data -flow
control
(hand-
shaking) to
stop the flow of data from
the computer
when the memory is
full.
9600
BAUD
ORIG
NATE
COMPUTER
MODEM
RAM
2400 BAUD
DIAL
UP
TELEPHONE
SYSTEM
MODEM
I
RAM
9600 BAUD
ANSWER
COMPUTER
EFFECTIVE
-DATA
BAUD
RATE
2400
-4800
BAUD
Fig. 1-In
order
for data compression
to
provide
an effective baud rate higher than
the actual baud rate of the modem, the data
flow from the computer
to the
modem
must be at least equal
to twice the modem's baud rate. By de
facto
convention, 9600
baud is becoming the "standard" computer output
rate when data compression
is
involved.
The modem then
transmits compressed
data. As the
memory empties,
the
handshake is released
so that the
com-
puter can again
output data to
the
modem's
memory.
Since the
computer
feeds data at an
even
faster rate
than the compressed
data can
exit the
modem, the modem
has no
wait
-state
unless the
receiving
modem
signals by
the error -correction
handshake that
it needs a
retransmis-
sion
of the last block
of data. Although
data
compression
requires that
the com-
puter
output into the
modem only
at
twice the
modern's baud
rate, by con-
vention
we
generally
output
from the
computer
to the modem
at rate of
9600
baud.
As
shown in Fig.
I, the receiving
answer modem can
also output
to the
computer at
9600 baud, although
it
does
not result
in throughput
beyond the
maximum effective
baud
rate,
which is
4800 bps. The
reason
we
receive
(an-
swer) at 9600 baud
is because
a con-
ventional serial port
must transmit
and
receive at
the same
rate, so if
we're
transmitting
at 9600
baud
we
must
re-
ceive
at 9600
baud.
Of
course, data compression
tech-
niques can be applied
to
virtually any
modem. If, for example,
you
are using
9600 baud
on a dedicated
4 -wire tele-
phone circuit,
data compression
can
provide an effective
throughput
of up
19,200
baud.
Who
knows
how fast
next year's
effective
modem rate
will be? After
all,
it seems like
it was only yesterday
when
many
gurus claimed
that 1200'baud
was
the "ultimate
limit"
for the dial
-up tele-
phone system.
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