Advent Calendar of Circuits 2011: Day 16: Staircase Generator

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Uploaded by on Dec 17, 2011

Day 16: Staircase Generator

Transistor charge-pump drives a ratio-selected pair of capacitors to generate a staircase waveform. A complementary pair resets the output capacitor voltage at the end of each cycle.

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  • Whoa! This gives an idea for an (audio) synth circuit. Maybe it's too big for the advent calendar, but could you talk at some point about the practical implementation of a VCO that satisfies 1 V/oct in the range, say 1 kHz to 100 kHz, and doesn't deviate in the higher frequencies. (I think you can guess where I'm going with this...)

  • So far this is my favourite circuit.

  • Man, Y U NOT SPEAK ENGLISH? Slow down man, slow down.

  • Great instructions as always Alan. Thanks a lot.

  • Nice one! Your getting me nearer to understanding transistor action every day! Thanks!

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