[sdiy] SMT transistor for white noise?

Mike Beauchamp list at mikebeauchamp.com
Sat Dec 13 22:05:58 CET 2025


On 2025-12-13 09:35, Brother Theo via Synth-diy wrote:
> I switched to the 2 transistor noise circuit and have had zero issues 
> since. The Future Retro 777 re-release uses that circuit.

Hi Timothy, doing some duckduckgo-ing, I found a few...

https://www.edn.com/simple-white-noise-generator/

https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/bipolar_transistor_cookbook_part_5 
(figure 20)


The EDN article is interesting. Seems like the second transistor is just 
the amplification stage and the increased noise level is because of the 
addition of C1. I don't understand the function of C1.. time to get out 
the breadboard.

Mike


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