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Triangle & Square Wave VCO Circuit

A simple VCO circuit that can be made out of generic components. Produces a very linear triangle and square wave output up to 20MHz.

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Oscillator vco analog discrete

This project was created on 06/06/2023 and last updated 3 years ago.

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A Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) produces a waveform with a frequency that can be tuned by adjusting a control voltage. This VCO has a wide tuning range (adjustable range of over 750 kHz) with a maximum frequency of around 20 MHz depending on components selected.

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Triangle Wave VCO V2_2023-06-06.zip

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Timo wrote 06/10/2023 at 15:35 • point

Neat. I might use this in a Synteziser.

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CustomElectronics wrote 06/11/2023 at 01:46 • point

That sounds like a cool project, I've been meaning to try making a some kind of synth for awhile now!

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