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Ian Wade G3NRW

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Nov 1, 2009, 8:29:10 AM11/1/09
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I'm preparing a PowerPoint presentation, and need to plot a sine wave. I
can't do this by hand, so I need clip art of a simple sine wave. Nothing
fancy, just one or two complete cycles. Source anyone?

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Ian Jackson

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Nov 1, 2009, 8:44:12 AM11/1/09
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In message <fExYz8Im...@ntlworld.com>, Ian Wade G3NRW
<g3...@yahoo.co.uk> writes

>I'm preparing a PowerPoint presentation, and need to plot a sine wave.
>I can't do this by hand, so I need clip art of a simple sine wave.
>Nothing fancy, just one or two complete cycles. Source anyone?
>
Try a Google on something like 'sinewave voltage current waveform' etc.
It's surprisingly difficult to get good examples of waveforms, but some
are here:
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_2/chpt_1/2.html
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/power/ext/ups/funcOutput-c.html
http://www.tpub.com/neets/book2/1g.htm
Just steal the image!
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Richard G3CWI

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Nov 1, 2009, 8:53:29 AM11/1/09
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Ian Jackson wrote:

> Try a Google on something like 'sinewave voltage current waveform' etc.

Just Googling Sine wave gave lots of examples.

Google is clearly a closely guarded secret. Lots of people in groups
that I subscribe to have clearly never heard of it. The odd thing is
that it must take them longer to type their question than it would take
them to find the answer.

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Brian Reay

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Nov 1, 2009, 8:58:29 AM11/1/09
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"Ian Wade G3NRW" <g3...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I'm preparing a PowerPoint presentation, and need to plot a sine wave. I
> can't do this by hand, so I need clip art of a simple sine wave. Nothing
> fancy, just one or two complete cycles. Source anyone?
>

I've a package which will generate these. What exactly do you want.

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Cecil Moore

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Nov 1, 2009, 9:06:40 AM11/1/09
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Takes about 5 minutes in EXCEL.
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EM87

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Nov 1, 2009, 9:37:09 AM11/1/09
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Ian Wade G3NRW

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Nov 1, 2009, 10:13:01 AM11/1/09
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From: Cecil Moore <nos...@w5dxp.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 Time: 08:06:40

>Ian Wade G3NRW wrote:
>> I'm preparing a PowerPoint presentation, and need to plot a sine
>>wave. I can't do this by hand, so I need clip art of a simple sine
>>wave. Nothing fancy, just one or two complete cycles. Source anyone?
>
>Takes about 5 minutes in EXCEL.

Best suggestion yet. Why didn't I think of that. Thanks Cecil.

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Ian Wade G3NRW

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Nov 1, 2009, 10:14:20 AM11/1/09
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From: Richard G3CWI <g3...@tesco.net>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 Time: 13:53:29

>Google is clearly a closely guarded secret. Lots of people in groups
>that I subscribe to have clearly never heard of it. The odd thing is
>that it must take them longer to type their question than it would take
>them to find the answer.
>

Google? Well, I searched Google and Bing! for nearly an hour, and found
dozens and dozens and dozens of sine waves. Unfortunately most of them
had superfluous embellishments and/or were of poor graphics quality,
making them totally unsuitable for my purposes.

I promise to try harder in future .....

Plonk!

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Jeff Liebermann

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Nov 1, 2009, 11:09:05 AM11/1/09
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On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 13:29:10 +0000, Ian Wade G3NRW <g3...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

>I'm preparing a PowerPoint presentation, and need to plot a sine wave. I
>can't do this by hand, so I need clip art of a simple sine wave. Nothing
>fancy, just one or two complete cycles. Source anyone?

"How to draw a sine wave in PowerPoint using Bezier Curves"
<http://help.wugnet.com/office/draw-sine-wave-Powerpoint-ftopict1097848.html>

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Nov 1, 2009, 12:35:16 PM11/1/09
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"Brian Reay" <s...@website.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Ian Wade G3NRW" <g3...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:fExYz8Im...@ntlworld.com...
>> I'm preparing a PowerPoint presentation, and need to plot a sine wave. I
>> can't do this by hand, so I need clip art of a simple sine wave. Nothing
>> fancy, just one or two complete cycles. Source anyone?
>>
>
> I've a package which will generate these, its called Senokot.
It promotes the generation of low frequency bursts of sine waves in
raspberry fashion.


Ian Wade G3NRW

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Nov 1, 2009, 1:04:21 PM11/1/09
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From: Ian Wade G3NRW <g3...@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 Time: 13:29:10

>I'm preparing a PowerPoint presentation, and need to plot a sine wave.
>I can't do this by hand, so I need clip art of a simple sine wave.
>Nothing fancy, just one or two complete cycles. Source anyone?
>

Thanks everyone for the inputs.

And the winner is: Cecil, W5DXP, for suggesting I use Excel. This let me
plot superimposed sine waves with various phase differences, exactly
what I wanted.

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Richard G3CWI

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Nov 1, 2009, 1:18:43 PM11/1/09
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Ian Wade G3NRW wrote:
>This let me
> plot superimposed sine waves with various phase differences, exactly
> what I wanted.
>

Ian

That may have been what you wanted but it certainly was not what you
asked for!

Brian Howie

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Nov 1, 2009, 1:37:04 PM11/1/09
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In message <gkLXbOBM...@ntlworld.com>, Ian Wade G3NRW
<g3...@yahoo.co.uk> writes

OK it's overkill, but LTSpice will generate almost any waveform you want
and you can capture as a bitmap.

Http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/ltspice.jsp

e.g.:-

Http://www.b-howie.demon.co.uk/sinwave.bmp


Brian
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Cecil Moore

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Nov 1, 2009, 4:03:56 PM11/1/09
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Richard G3CWI wrote:
> Ian Wade G3NRW wrote:
>> This let me
>> plot superimposed sine waves with various phase differences, exactly
>> what I wanted.

> That may have been what you wanted but it certainly was not what you
> asked for!

I'm telepathic. :-)

Ian Jackson

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Nov 2, 2009, 3:35:48 AM11/2/09
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In message <ukQW1SCQ...@b-howie.demon.co.uk>, Brian Howie
<br...@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
Somewhere out there on the internet, there's a site where you can build
(or, more accurately, 'synthesise') your own waveform from its
individual components. It's great fun and very instructive.
Unfortunately, I can't find it at the moment (but I'm looking).
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EA1/G1LVN

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Nov 2, 2009, 7:20:36 AM11/2/09
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On 1 Nov, 14:06, Cecil Moore <nos...@w5dxp.com> wrote:
> Ian Wade G3NRW wrote:
> > I'm preparing a PowerPoint presentation, and need to plot a sine wave. I
> > can't do this by hand, so I need clip art of a simple sine wave. Nothing
> > fancy, just one or two complete cycles. Source anyone?
>
> Takes about 5 minutes in EXCEL.

5 mins? you've either got a very slow PC or you've set the frequency
too low :-)

EA1/G1LVN

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Nov 2, 2009, 7:29:45 AM11/2/09
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On 2 Nov, 08:35, Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjack...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk>
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> In message <ukQW1SCQVd7KF...@b-howie.demon.co.uk>, Brian Howie
> <br...@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
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> >In message <gkLXbOBMXa7KF...@ntlworld.com>, Ian Wade G3NRW
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http://flexmonkey.co.uk/flexmonkeysynth/flexmonkeysynth.html ??

Cecil Moore

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Nov 2, 2009, 7:30:31 AM11/2/09
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Well, I had to make a fresh pot of coffee
while I was booting EXCEL. :-)

Ian Jackson

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Nov 2, 2009, 8:24:48 AM11/2/09
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In message
<36ba93fa-e7e0-4d36...@37g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
EA1/G1LVN <gareth...@gmail.com> writes

Thanks.

But what a bloody awful website! It's more or less unreadable (at least
in OE8). If I try Safari, all I get is a light blue screen, and a
message saying that I need Abobe Player 10 (and I've already got
V10.0.32.18) installed.

Nothing seems to do very much, but I'll have another look at it later
on.

But no, It's definitely not the website I was thinking about. I'm sure I
have a link to it. Will look later (after I've swept a load of leaves
up!).
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Jeff Liebermann

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Nov 2, 2009, 11:00:19 AM11/2/09
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On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:35:48 +0000, Ian Jackson
<ianREMOVET...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Somewhere out there on the internet, there's a site where you can build
>(or, more accurately, 'synthesise') your own waveform from its
>individual components. It's great fun and very instructive.
>Unfortunately, I can't find it at the moment (but I'm looking).

Perhaps?
<http://www.fourier-series.com/fourierseries2/fourier_series_tutorial.html>

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