Digitally Controlled Lowpass Filter

stacks_image_1E52854F-6175-446D-828A-AD4C7F2B50A2
For a while now, I've been thinking it'd be fun to build a lowpass filter with resistance values controlled by a digital potentiometer chip. While googling about, I ran into a simple implementation of the idea on Maxim's site
stacks_image_017B4875-F1C9-49E2-B6A7-EEAB09D3CAB9
stacks_image_FF7832ED-010A-48E8-B4DC-6E329B2E5500
The schematic called for one of Maxim's dual 10K digipot chips. I only had a dual 100K digipot (MCP42100) on hand, so went ahead and built a version with that, figuring I'd only use the last 10th of it's range - or augment the pot's value using an 11K resistor in paralell.

Photos on Flickr

© 2009 Collin Cunningham