Electronics Computer-Aided Design Re: Tri to Sine diode shaper

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Re: Tri to Sine diode shaper Spehro Pefhany 06-12-08
Posted by Spehro Pefhany on June 12, 2008, 12:53 pm
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:54:52 -0700, Jim Thompson

>On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:33:12 +1000, Mike Kendall
>
>>Can someone please direct me to a passive circuit using breakpoint
>>diodes, preferably no more than six, to shape a sine wave from a 5Vpp
>>triangle? The available power source is single supply 6V.
>>
>>I did check the net, but had no luck with finding a basic approach.
>>
>>Mike Kendall
>
>Patent:3737642 shows one way to do it.
>
>General question comes to mind... has anyone written a program that
>would derive the "best" piecewise linear fit to a function, f(x), for
>a given number of segments?
>
> ...Jim Thompson

Yes, a long time ago. I've also used Excel, believe it or not.
Mathematicians tend to define "best" in terms of least squares, but
often (at least in instrumentation design) what you want to minimize
is the maximum abs. value of error everywhere within a range. I have
access to Mathcad these days, so I might try that if Excel didn't
work.
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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