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    Tap Tempo Lfo (Taplfo v2)

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    Tap Tempo LFO (TAPLFO V2D)


    ThissimpleTapTempoLFOisbasedonthePIC16F684.Youcanset
    theLFOfrequencybytappingatempoonabuttonconnectedtothe
    chip,orbychangingtheTempoCV.Withthischipyoucanbuildtap
    tempoeffectsunitsorstompboxes,taptempocontrolleddrum
    machinesortaptemposequencerclocks.Allofthesearedescribedin
    thedatasheetbelow.
    TheLFOcanproduce8waveforms,includingarandom(sample&
    hold)wave.Allthewaveformsexcepttherandomwavecanbealtered
    bythewavedistortionCV.SeetheVCLFOpageformoredetailsof
    waveformdistortion.

    Thechipalsoincludesatempomultiplier.Thisiscombinedwiththe
    tappedtempotoallowtheLFOfrequencytobesetatamultipleofthe
    tappedrate.Theavailablemultipliersare0.5,1,1.5,2,3,and4.This
    allowshalfanddoubletime,andtriplettimes.
    TheLFOtempo,multiplier,waveformselection,wavedistortion,and
    outputlevelareallvoltagecontrolledusing05V.Unwantedfeatures
    areeasilydisabledbytyingtherelevantpintoaconstantvoltage
    (usually0Vor+5V).

    Block Diagram

    SynthInterfaces
    BandlimitedRamps

    ThechipusestheanalogueinputsofthePICforCVs.Thesearefedto
    theinternalA/Dconvertor,whichsampleseachinputevery150uSorso
    andconvertsthevoltagetoan8bitvalue.Inordertoavoidusingan
    externalD/Aconvertorfortheoutput,thechipusesthebuiltinPWM
    module.ThePWMoutputneedspassingthroughalowpassfilterto
    convertthepulsesbackintoananalogueoutput.
    UsinganexternalcrystalwiththePICallowsthechiptorunatits
    maximumclockspeedof20MHz,andthismeansthatthePWMmodule
    isabletoproducea19.5KHzsamplerateat10bitaccuracy.Although

    thisdoesn'tsoundlikemuch,inpracticeitisimpossibletohearany
    artifactsinmostsituations.

    Pinout Diagram

    Possible uses
    TheTAPTEMPOinputcanacceptclockpulsesfromotherequipment,
    whichallowstheLFOtobesyncronisedtootherdevices.Thechipalso
    includesaCLOCKOUTPUTwhichcanbeusedtodriveother
    equipment.Thisallowsataptempocontrolledclockforananalogue
    sequencerordrummachine,forexample.
    ThePWMoutputfromthechipcanbeusedtodrivetheLEDinavactrol
    (orsimilarLED/LDRcombination)directly,withoutanysubsequentop
    ampfilterstages.Theslowresponseofthevactrolprovidesmorethan
    enoughfiltering.Thismakesforanextremelysimplecircuitwithvery
    fewcomponents.Thevactrol'sLDRcanbeusedtoreplaceastandard
    potentiometertoaddtaptempoLFOcontroltoavarietyofcircuits.
    Examplecircuitsareinthedatasheet.

    More details
    Ifyou'dliketobuildone,orliketoknowhowIbuiltmine,perhapsyou'd
    liketolookat:
    TapTempoLFOPIC16F684ASMcode
    AssembledHEXcodefromabovefile
    CircuitDiagramcompletemodularsynthtaptempoLFO
    CircuitDiagramtaptempotremolo
    CircuitDiagramtaptemposequencerclock
    TapTempoLFOdatasheet(includesexamplecircuitdiagrams,
    examplewaveforms,andchippinout)

    The Tap Tempo LFO elsewhere on the web


    There'sataptempotremoloprojectusingmychipoverat
    MusicPCB.com.YoucangetaPCBandaprogrammedchipfor$19.
    Alternatively,youcangetjustthechipoveratSmallBearElectronics.
    Therehasalsobeenalotofdiscussionaboutthisprojectoverat
    DIYStompboxes.comwhereIinitiallyputtheideaforward.Igotalotof
    support,andnoonegotannoyedatmefortakingaboutninemonthsto
    finishitoff!Thanksguys!
    RickHoltofFrequencyCentralhasdevelopedaDIYPCBforthis

    projectoveratMuffwiggler.com.

    Version 2
    ChrisSafiaddedtheWaveDistortionfeaturefrommyoriginalVCLFO
    intotheTAPLFOcode.Iaddedaphaseresetonthefirsttaptothetap
    tempoinput.ThisallowsyoutokeeptheLFOonthebeatwithasingle
    tap.Ialsotweakedsomewaveformssotheyallresettothetopofthe
    waveform.Finally,Iusedthesparepinfromthefirstversionasadigital
    inputtostepthroughthedifferentmultipliers.Thisworkswiththe
    MultiplierCVinthesameeither/orwayastheTapTempoinputand
    theTempoCV.

    Version 2D - a bug fix


    ItturnsoutthatasaresultofaddingtheWaveDistortionfeaturein
    version2,itbecamepossiblefortheClockoutputonpin7todriftslowly
    outofsyncwiththemainLFOoutput.Thisisduetoinaccuraciesinthe
    calculationsbuildingup.Thisismuchworseatslowsettings(whenthe
    incrementsaresmall,soerrorsareproportionallylarger),andwhen
    usingextremewavedistortionsettings(whentheerrorsgeneratedare
    greatest).Italsodoesn'thappeniftheunitissync'dtoexternalpulses,
    sincethephaseisreseteverytimethepulsesaretimed.
    Anyway,you'renotinterestedinthat,right?YoujustwanttoknowI've
    fixedit,right?Right!Version2Disthefixedversion.
    credits & legal
    AlldesignanddevelopmentbyTomWiltshire.AllcodeandcontentcopyrightTomWiltshire20062008forElectricDruid.Contact
    [email protected]
    PleasenotethatwhilstI'vegotnoproblemwithpeopleusingandmodifyingmycodeorcircuitsfortheirownuseoreducation,the
    informationonthesepagesiscopyright,andnotforcommercialuse.Ifyou'dliketodiscusscommercialuseofmywork,please
    contactme.

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