{"id":6494,"date":"2019-05-24T17:08:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T21:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/?p=6494"},"modified":"2020-10-26T14:00:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T18:00:32","slug":"s16-forward-voltage-current-limitation-and-preventing-clipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/2019\/s16-forward-voltage-current-limitation-and-preventing-clipping","title":{"rendered":"S16: Forward Voltage, Current Limitation, and Preventing Clipping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The purpose of the S16 analog synthesizer communication network protocol <\/b>is to make direct, machine-to-machine collaboration between experimental musicians safe and easy, guided by curiosity. Naturally, as I\u2019ve been refining and experimenting, I\u2019ve been finding ways to make it more difficult. But at least I don\u2019t think it\u2019s less safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Transmitter is on the left, sending control voltage through the S16 cable to the receiver on the right. There are three receiver components: an LDR-based transparent single-stud LEGO plate, another LED-based black, single-stud LEGO plate with its stud removed, and the phototransistor solution discussed in this article. The column on the right from top to bottom is a grey LEGO barrel for strain relief on the cable and a black Technic pin connector containing the LED that converts voltage to light, embedded in a Technic half-pin. Beneath is is another pin connector containing a half-pin that houses a phototransistor that is used to convert the light to a voltage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll recall that the spec for the S16 communication network<\/a> requires that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n