Worthless in any practical sense, but nifty & maybe useful if you have absolutely no microcontroller in lieu of a bag of LM324's. 1 op amp generates a triangle wave. The other op amp is a comparator that chops the triangle wave into PWM. R1 & C1 change the frequency. The R4 & R5 ratio changes the duty cycle.
Simulating it in LTSpice required a dual power supply, though a real circuit probably works on a single supply. The simulator probably needs A starting on a power rail.
The LM324 is actually fast enough to hit 1khz, so it can drive LED lighting or a servo. Higher speeds require a higher slew rate op-amp. A microcontroller uses far less components & is a lot easier to tune.
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