[sdiy] FET for VCO cap discharge

[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.

Hi Don,

I wouln't be afraid of driving them (big capacitance and all), but wouldn't
these big devices also have high leakage currents?
My main reason to go to higher capacitance (resulting in higher discharge
current)
was not to run into leakage problems at low frequencies such as 0.1 Hz.

JH.