[sdiy] Function Generator ICs

[Bob Weigel]

I think about the only people on earth who want real VCO's are analog 
synth designers and of course those aren't the industry's direction with 
what..one fairly significant real analog polysynth in the last decade 
maybe?  :-)   Other than the esoteric qualities heard by the amazing ear 
in attack responses and the beauty of slight variations working together 
in a polysynth and other subtleties like pulse width instabilities 
etc... digital oscillators are superior in every application pretty 
much...and much much cheaper of course.  Well there are probably some 
applications where smooth frequency sweeps are desireable. But hi-res 
digital has become acceptable.  In like a frequency sweep generator, 
it's preferred to have precise/predictable operation over absolutely 
continuous sweep usually.

So yeah I'm sure demand for these products has just steadily dropped off 
to where everyone figured there are better things to do with their 
facilities. -Bob

A pic

Paul Perry wrote:

>The MAX038 wasn't any relation to the ICL8038.
>
>If anyone goes into the ICL8038 replacement business it would be On Semi,
>they appear to be still able to make stuff with the same process.
>
>As for the XR2206, I think there was an Asian knockoff at one stage? (it was
>originally designed for FSK modems).
>
>In any case, they were pretty thirsty & not all that perfect.
>Maybe a micro would be the go today? Anyone tried tio make a general purpose
>voltage controlled audio osc from a PIC?
>
>Paul Perry Melbourne Australia
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