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POC of using an Si5351 for Quadrature output

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Si5351 VFO Quadrature signal generation

This project demonstrates creating Quadrature signals using the Si5351. It uses my fork of the Etherkit/Si5351Arduino library which allows generation of quadrature signals through the set_phase function down through the 80M bands, as discussed by Charlie Morris here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO6TSkcpwOk&ab_channel=CharlieMorris. For frequencies below 3.2Mhz, it uses the delay method of creating the quadrature signals, as described in this document: https://tj-lab.org/2020/08/27/si5351%e5%8d%98%e4%bd%93%e3%81%a73mhz%e4%bb%a5%e4%b8%8b%e3%81%ae%e7%9b%b4%e4%ba%a4%e4%bf%a1%e5%8f%b7%e3%82%92%e5%87%ba%e5%8a%9b%e3%81%99%e3%82%8b/ (in Japanese, google translate works well).

Hans Summers uses this method in his QDX transceivers for the 160M band, which is discussed here: https://groups.io/g/QRPLabs/topic/qdx_on_630m/91086918?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,20,2,20,91086918,previd%3D1653402103835960557,nextid%3D1653251209276070476&previd=1653402103835960557&nextid=1653251209276070476

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POC of using an Si5351 for Quadrature output

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