uA726 replacement, (the comedy of errors)

macdonald at evenfall.com macdonald at evenfall.com
Mon Aug 16 05:06:33 CEST 1999


I thought that was a great post Grant, thanks for sharing your experience!

This line at the end caught my eye:

>Analog oscillators exhibit "phase wobbles" in the +/- 1 cent range and
>probably account for that "warmer" sound (not the chip heater).

I am experimenting with an integrator/comparator saw VCO ("ASM1 style")
that does this.  Unfortunately it also has an additional "wobble" of about
+/- 5 cents with a period of about 15 seconds.  I am stumped as to why this
is happening.  I've tried to use all the proper components: good power
supply, .01uf caps on the board from supplies to ground, MAT02 pair & C-2AQ
tempco heat-sink-gunked together, 50 ppm metal film resistors, multi-turn
trimmers.  Has anyone experienced this kind of behavior before?

Thanks,

Chris MacDonald




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