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#79: Op Amp Power Supply Considerations: split, single, virtual ground, etc. - a tutorial

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Why people recommend it

Alan Wolke compares split, single and virtual-ground supplies for op amps; people use it to work out how to bias inputs from a single battery.

Watch for: virtual ground divider schematic around 1:54

In their words

I watched this video: [video] where this guy uses a variable power supply to bias his input (schematic at 6:45) and also discusses using a resistor divider (schematic at 1:54).

critter on electronics.stackexchange.com, Aug 2020. CC BY-SA.

If not, do I have to include a voltage divider and create a virtual ground (as shown: [video])?

Art Seek Main on electronics.stackexchange.com, Jul 2020. CC BY-SA.

People managed it even with 741 basically:

got trolled too much this week on electronics.stackexchange.com, Nov 2015. CC BY-SA.

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