ESP32 DDS Function Generator
Generate clean waveforms with direct digital synthesis.
- Track
- ACT
- Level
- —
- Prerequisites
- 1
- Status
- Coming soon
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This board is on the bench. Leave your email and you'll be first in when it ships, and your interest helps decide what we build next.
What you'll build
Generate clean, precise sine, square, and triangle waveforms with a direct digital synthesis (DDS) chip (AD983x), a stable reference clock, and a proper DAC output stage, all driven from an ESP32. A signal generator you built yourself, on your own bench.
It sits on the ACT track: driving the physical world with motors, servos, and high-power lighting under precise control.
The build pipeline
No steps skipped, no black boxes. Each stage is gated on real proof of work: a clean ERC, valid gerbers, a passing bring-up. You finish having actually done the engineering, not just watched it.
- 01REQUIREMENTS
- 02BOM SOURCING
- 03SCHEMATIC
- 04LAYOUT
- 05DRC + GERBER
- 06ORDERING
- 07ASSEMBLY
- 08BRING-UP
- 09REVISION
Builds on
Questions
- When does this course open?
- It's in active production. Join the waitlist and we'll email you the moment it goes live, and the demand signal helps us decide what to build next.
- Is it beginner-friendly?
- Every stage is explained from first principles. If you can read a schematic, you can follow along.
- What will I need to build it?
- The course overview will preview for free; the full course is a one-time purchase (no subscription). Building the board for real also needs its bill of materials (listed in the course) and a small PCB order from a fab house. The course walks you through both.
- What will I actually learn?
- You'll learn driving the physical world with motors, servos, and high-power lighting under precise control, plus the full board workflow: schematic capture, layout, DRC, gerber export, ordering, assembly, and bring-up.
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