Square waves are most seen in digital circuits. Since digital circuits often dea

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Square waves are most seen in digital circuits. Since digital circuits often deal with discrete amplitudes, representing Os and 1s for example, the wave form becomes very distinct. Using Falstad's Web Circuit Simulator, navigate to Circuits >>555 Timer Chip >> Square Wave Generator. d The details of this circuit are also out of the scope of this course but notice how it creates square waves on the bottom right portion of the screen. Challenge question: Alternating Current (AC) creates square waves or sine waves? Explain.

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When an alternator produces AC Voltage, the voltage switches polarity over time, but does so in a very particular manner. When graphed over time, the “wave” traced by this voltage of alternating polarity from an alternator takes on a distinct shape, known as a sine wave

Electro-mechanical alternators and many other physical phenomena naturally produce sine waves, this is not the only kind of alternating wave in existence. Other “waveforms” of AC are commonly produced within electronic circuitry are square wave, triangular wave…etc

Therefore Ac current always produces sinusoidal signals, but depends on the context ac current produces square wave

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