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Is a sine signal a continous signal (analog signal) or a digital signal (discrete signal)?

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  1. Oct 13, 2014 #1

    Victor89

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    Also can we have an analog signal in alternating current?
     
    Victor89, Oct 13, 2014
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    A sine wave is an analog signal. Alternating current is nothing BUT analog, so I don't even understand how you can ask the question. I think you must have been given some VERY misleading information about what is digital and what is analog.
     
    phinds, Oct 13, 2014
  4. Oct 13, 2014 #3

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    Thank you for your answer, I was a bit confused that's why I asked this question.

    I wasn't sure if my thinking was correct but now I see that I was correct.

    At a test I gave the example of an analog signal as a sine wave.
     
    Victor89, Oct 13, 2014
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    You can have a digital representation of a sine wave as well. I wouldn't have given you credit on an exam answered in that fashion if I was grading. You can have a signal, either analog or digital, that is sinusoidal, but a sine is not descriptive enough to distinguish between an analog and a digital signal.
     
    boneh3ad, Oct 13, 2014
  6. Oct 13, 2014 #5

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    I was asked to draw a continuous signal and I draw a sine wave, which it is continuous.
    Can someone provide me other(better) examples?

    Thanks in advance.
     
    Victor89, Oct 13, 2014
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    You did just fine. There is no need for any "better" example.
     
    phinds, Oct 13, 2014
  8. Oct 14, 2014 #7

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    A "digital" version of a sine wave would be something like the output from a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC). Do you know what a sine wave output from a DAC would look like, and how it would be different from the analog sine wave that you drew on the test?
     
    berkeman, Oct 14, 2014
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