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How can I do the output waveform of Schmitt trigger circuit?

Hi everyone, I'm studying about analog circuits and I want to know how can I plot the output waveform from a Schmitt trigger circuit:
the definition is
Vo=Vcc+ if Vin>Vh
Vo=Vcc- if Vin<VL
and it has this form:

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more clear:
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So the correct definition to me is this:
Vo=Vcc+ while Vin>VH until Vin<Vl then Vo=Vcc-. It is like a switch that changes the value of the output when some condition is true:
how can I express that as Mathematica function or a program?
POSTED BY: Jairo Smith Quilumbaquin Lanchimba
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Jairo,

this is an interesting problem! Here is a simple outline how it could be done:

vccPlus = 1;
vccMinus = -1;
vh = 0.75;
vl = -0.75;
schmitt[x_] := Which[(state == -1) && (x > vh), (state = 1; vccPlus),
  (state == 1) && (x > vl), vccPlus,
  (state == 1) && (x < vl), (state = -1; vccMinus),
  (state == -1) && (x < vh), vccMinus]

Using this with some proper initialization:

state = -1; (* "quick and dirty" initialization - just for the example! *)
dataSchmitt = Table[{x, schmitt[Sin[x]]}, {x, 0, 4 Pi, .1}];
dataSin = Table[{x, Sin[x]}, {x, 0, 4 Pi, .1}];

ListLinePlot[{dataSchmitt, dataSin}, GridLines -> {None, {vl, vh}}]

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For this method to work it is necessary that the function points are evaluated in order (from left to right, so to speak). For this reason I generate explicit values and use ListLinePlot. Using simply

state = -1;
Plot[{schmitt[Sin[x]], Sin[x]}, {x, 0, 2 Pi}]

does not work in a clean way, because here there is no clear order of evaluation.

I am curious myself how this could be done in a better and more robust way!
POSTED BY: Henrik Schachner

I guess this is because the discretization is too coarse. If you use a finer resolution, things will improve. Try e.g.:

state = -1;
xrange = {x, 6.5, 9, .01};
dataSchmitt = Table[{x, schmitt[Sin[x]]}, Evaluate@xrange];
dataSin = Table[{x, Sin[x]}, Evaluate@xrange];

ListLinePlot[{dataSchmitt, dataSin}, GridLines -> {None, {vl, vh}}, PlotRange -> {.5, 1}, AspectRatio -> .2]

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ADDENDUM:

As I just found out you do can use Plot - but with the proper options:

state = -1;
Plot[{schmitt[Sin[x]], Sin[x]}, {x, 0, 4 Pi}, MaxRecursion -> 0, PlotPoints -> 200]

Without recursion all data points are evaluated in order.
POSTED BY: Henrik Schachner

Hi man, thanks for the method, I have a question: why exist a kind of delay in the positive Vcc, the negative Vcc is fine, it would be for the number of points? enter image description here

Thanks for help, thank you very much.
POSTED BY: Jairo Smith Quilumbaquin Lanchimba
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