Synth/noisemaker breadboarders: What is your favorite type of oscillator to breadboard?
Nat Page wrote 08/05/2024 at 09:34 • 1 pointTwo transistor VCO?
555 Circuit?
Some creative Vactrol/Photoresistor-based design?
Chua's circuit?
Two transistor VCO?
555 Circuit?
Some creative Vactrol/Photoresistor-based design?
Chua's circuit?
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I enjoy breadboarding the 555 oscillator circuit for its simplicity and versatility. It's a great way to explore timing and waveform generation. For something more advanced, Chua's circuit offers intriguing chaos theory applications. This website also provide good information related to it. https://350ppm.co.uk/
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555 but just because its easily adjustable with a pot
Lately I have been leaning towards hard coding attiny13a MCUs to generate a particular frequency instead because I need faster freqs.
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Many years ago, I was toying with the Takagi function (a sort of fractal) as a software based synth. It's a summation of triangles, so it could be approximated by some 555s and an op-amp.
On the board now is a three-phase VCO that uses LEDs in place of varactors.
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