creating a square wave with + - amplitude

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lostwithcircuits

Joined Feb 6, 2012
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I need some help as I am a beginner with circuits. My end goal is to create a square wave with +-amplitude with pulse width of 5ms. I am using an arduino and command PWM to generate the two single sq waves (+5V to -0V) and (-5V to -0V) but I do not know how to combine the two outputs to create a single +-5V sq wave.
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wayneh

Joined Sep 9, 2010
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Are the two waves already related to each other through time, or is the comparison what you're looking for? If they're not related, you've really got a 3-state, 10V wave. You can have one at -5 and the other at +5 for ∆V=10, or they can be the same with ∆V=0, or the reverse of above, ∆V=-10.

More detail about what you want will get you a good answer here.
 

castley

Joined Jul 17, 2011
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A 741 Op Amp with + - 5V supply should give you the output you need. If one input is set at + 2.5 volts and you feed a 0 to +5 V SQ. wave in The output will be 0 when the input is + 2.5 V.
 

Ron H

Joined Apr 14, 2005
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A 741 Op Amp with + - 5V supply should give you the output you need. If one input is set at + 2.5 volts and you feed a 0 to +5 V SQ. wave in The output will be 0 when the input is + 2.5 V.
No it won't.
Lostwithcircuits, Are the three waveforms identical except for voltage levels? If not, we need a drawing of your two inputs and the desired output.
 
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