Ground separation

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ZibiSound
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Ground separation

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Hello,
If there is AVD supply and DVD supply (I suppose its DigitalVDD and AnalogVDD), how about GND pins? Isn't it better to connect some of them to 'digital' ground, and others to 'analog' one? If so, which ones?
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Re: Ground separation

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Ground is tied together in the chip so it doesn't matter. What is important is to have a good, solid ground plane.
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Re: Ground separation

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Ok. I have a problem with oscillations (?) of FV1. I've recorded it, could you listen?
https://files.fm/f/qxuajeg9n

It oscillates even without audio source connected, but I think it's not a preamp problem bacause if I switch to bypass (FV-1 is bypassed, only input preamp to output preamp) there's no oscillations. Previously, pins 7, 11, 19, 24 were connected to the digital ground, and pin 4 and 25 to the analog ground, but after your last answer I unsoldered all of the digital ground, leaving only pins 4 and 25 soldered to analog ground. It didn't solve the problem.
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Re: Ground separation

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Reconnect the pins, I did not say to not connect them. That is very different from running separate planes.

Without schematics and PCB layout there is nothing I can comment on.
Frank Thomson
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