high freq vco

[Magnus Danielson]

From: "Hairy Harry" <paia2720 at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: high freq vco
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:09:19 GMT

> BJ's schematic was to generate a sawtooth wave from
> the 4046... not a triangle. It had two high impedance
> buffers looking at either side of the timing cap.

Oh, yes... now that you say it...

> I think the principle of VCO operation includes charging the
> cap in  both directions... so grounding one end would not
> work IMHO (but what do I know ???)
> 
> H^)  harry
> 
> I've noticed that since time began... everyone has wished the
> 4046 was more than it is...
> :^)

What!??! Are you implying that this is not the IDEAL VCO????

Ofcourse it isn't ;D

Cheers,
Magnus