[sdiy] FET for VCO cap discharge

[Don Tillman]

   > From: "JH." <jhaible at debitel.net>
   > Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:55:52 +0200
   > 
   > This is quite a demand on the discharge transistor, considering I
   > wanted a JFET.

Hi JH,

This sounds like a perfect application for a VFET (power FET).
They're inexpensive, available in small packages, and can discharge
amperes through a fraction of an ohm.

Yeah, you will need to drive it a little differently.

  -- Don

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