Frequency to voltage converter lm2907 ground connection

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Tony Elliott

Joined May 8, 2015
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Hello All About Circuits,

I am using a square wave oscillator 555/4013 (powered by 9v battery) connected to a LM2907 frequency to voltage converter (12v - ground +).

I have taken the positive from the audio out and put it into the frequency in (Fin) as you can see in the schematic. I am getting a responsive reading on my multimeter (by varying the oscillators frequency) without ground connected from audio out. 0 - 1.8 khz 1 - 2.4 dc
When I connect ground I get nothing. On the schematic, frequency in (Fin) am I doing something wrong in my connections??

circuit on page 10
http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm2907-n.pdf
 

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Veracohr

Joined Jan 3, 2011
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I've never used something like this so I'm not sure, but you've got -12V on the negative input to the comparator so I wonder if it is able to do anything. Your input signal doesn't go below -12V does it? With the circuit connected as shown in the datasheet, the negative comparator input is ground, so it is sensing the 0-crossing point of the input signal.

Try removing the -12V and just ground those pins like the circuit in the datasheet.
 

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Tony Elliott

Joined May 8, 2015
158
I've never used something like this so I'm not sure, but you've got -12V on the negative input to the comparator so I wonder if it is able to do anything. Your input signal doesn't go below -12V does it? With the circuit connected as shown in the datasheet, the negative comparator input is ground, so it is sensing the 0-crossing point of the input signal.

Try removing the -12V and just ground those pins like the circuit in the datasheet.
It doesn't go below -12v. What you said sounds interesting. You mean attach the ground from the 9v circuit to the -12v in the comparator? I'll try it
 

BillB3857

Joined Feb 28, 2009
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The reason I asked the question was that some will tag a voltage as though it were the negative end of a battery, ie a single 1.5 volt cell will have a +1.5V and a -1.5V. Throwing a ground into the mix will require TWO 1.5v cells. Just to clarify, do you indeed have a +12, GND and -12 supply?
 

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Tony Elliott

Joined May 8, 2015
158
I've never used something like this so I'm not sure, but you've got -12V on the negative input to the comparator so I wonder if it is able to do anything. Your input signal doesn't go below -12V does it? With the circuit connected as shown in the datasheet, the negative comparator input is ground, so it is sensing the 0-crossing point of the input signal.

Try removing the -12V and just ground those pins like the circuit in the datasheet.
I tried doing this and there was no voltage reading.
 

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Tony Elliott

Joined May 8, 2015
158
I think Ive solved this, I turned the 9v battery oscillators power into two 9v batteries with 100 uf capacitors and made it into a dual battery power with - ground + and attached the ground between circuits and I have a much more stable reading on my multimeter.
 

Veracohr

Joined Jan 3, 2011
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It doesn't go below -12v. What you said sounds interesting. You mean attach the ground from the 9v circuit to the -12v in the comparator? I'll try it
No, I meant don't use the -12V supply. Replace it with ground (common from your +-12V supply), to which you would also attach the negative terminal from the battery. There's no reason to use the -12V supply, only the +12V.
 

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Tony Elliott

Joined May 8, 2015
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No, I meant don't use the -12V supply. Replace it with ground (common from your +-12V supply), to which you would also attach the negative terminal from the battery. There's no reason to use the -12V supply, only the +12V.
Yes you were right I used the ground from the 12volt supply with the battery circuit using only one battery instead of two, it worked when I put the ground where the minus and the minus where the ground is on the battery circuit strange really? I used 104 capacitors to bridge to smooth
 
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