_[sdiy]_ICL8038 worst ic off all time!

[Karl Dalen]

I cant understand why such a crap design are still made?
Even a simple neatly done discreete design would out perform
the 8038!

There should be a list of "worst-IC-designs-of-all-time" it would 
also be nice with a list of the most "neat" IC design of all time to!
In the first list i would definitively put the 8038 and a bunch of
early FM chips! In the second list i would put the 555, the 4046.

KD

>I used ICL8038 for my test bench setup. It is there only to make noises,
> generate clock etc. Doesn't have to be linear, exp, whatever, no need to
> be stable.
> And still I don't like it. Especially waveshaping is terrible (read:
> changing slopes in triangle wave). It affect frequency a lot.
> Must admit it's pretty stable. Without worrying about temperature (small
> plastic box with power supply and other stuff in it) it stays within
> 0.1% of set frequency for hours.
> Mine has range from 0.2Hz to about 0.5MHz. Usable range of CV is 10:1 in
> frequency
> 
> Roman
> 
> ---- Wiadomo¶æ Oryginalna ----
> Od: "Mark L. Reiser" <mlreiser0 at msn.com>
> Do: synth DIY <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Data: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 18:21:14 -0700
> Temat: [sdiy] ICL8038
> 
> >1. I just came upon some ICL8038 function generator ICs
> >
> >How do people feel about building a VCO with an ICL8038?
> >
> >Keep in mind, that I am not looking for a great VCO. I would use it
> mostly
> >as a small unit to interpret CVs from various controllers for testing
> and
> >experimentation. If it sounds like a bad casio, though, let me know --
> it's
> >not so hard to just build the oscillators the hard way.
> >
> >Mark L.     
> >
> >
>  

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