[sdiy] pseudo-random tone generator

Tom Wiltshire tom at electricdruid.net
Tue Oct 14 20:10:45 CEST 2008


On 14 Oct 2008, at 18:48, Dan Snazelle wrote:
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> IMPORTANT...these buggers ONLY seem to work with +5 volts. i tried  
> it on + 12 and +15 and got nothing. ALSO when i tried interfacing  
> certain VCO's and other modular stuff to them that was being  
> powered by 12

I can't speak for the specific circuit in question, but I used to run  
a lot of 4000-series CMOS circuits and 555 timers off a 9V battery  
when I was a teenager. Seemed to work fine.
CMOS has pretty wide tolerances for supply voltage.

T.





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