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voltage of the same magnitude to capacitors C4 and C6. The upper limit for the input potential is determined only
The SMD transformer is available ready-made from Coil- by the specifications of the switching regulator IC used.
tronics (www.coiltronics.com) and has a winding ratio of (014077-1)
1k5
Schmitt trigger gate to go high, the capacitor on the input
of the second Schmitt trigger gate rapidly charges via IC1.A IC1.B
R1 C1 1 D1 5
diode D1. The charge can only disappear via the 1-Mohm 3 4
10k 2 & 6 &
resistor, R2, so a fast attack, slow decay is the result. In this 1µ 1N4148
way, even the fastest peaks will be caught and indicated by
LED D2. Four NAND gates in a single 4093 package make a R2
C2
stereo version. A multiturn quality trimpot will ensure easy
1M
P1
adjustment and stable function over time. 500k 1µ
The circuit is based on a standard CMOS IC and will 63V
Symmetric Output
for USB Audio DAC 026
H. Sommen
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cation, it is possible to make the output of the D/A converter
R11a
pseudo-symmetric, so that it can be connected to profes- 3
68Ω XLR
sional equipment having XLR line inputs. This will do even
more justice to the high quality of the USB Audio DAC.
The modification actually amounts to just adding a single
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resistor (R11a) and changing the value of the existing resis-
tor at the output of the audio DAC (R11) from 100 Ω to 68 Ω.