A direct digital synthesizer (DDS) creates waveforms from a single frequency reference clock. Typically the reference frequency is fed into a numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) that controls the final frequency and waveform type from where the quantized digital data is converted to analog using a digital to analog converter (DAC).
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