Sound cards as Signal Generators
Function generators are a huge investment. Even the simplest ones
Unfortunately, their software signal generator can only generate two functions, a sine wave or a square wave. Don’t forget your sound card is limited to 16 bits and 24khz. Therefore its reproduction of sine waves is not exactly perfect. Square waves should be reproduced near perfectly, though.
Also note that most PCI based sound cards have a limit of 2V, but you can always amplify this signal.
This has really sparked my interest so you can expect a Linux software signal generator later today!
For the record, [siggen](http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/jj/linux/siggen.html) is a signal generator for Linux. I still plan on creating a more detailed article in the future.
Thx for the link! I tried it and it is a pretty neat and useful application
btw. keep up the good work on the site
Hey man, I like your site. This is a cool project