<div dir="auto"><div>I think the short answer is yes, preferably make a reference voltage.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">A long answer that I found interesting in building my own stripboard VCO: <a href="https://youtu.be/cBGyEBQnIws">https://youtu.be/cBGyEBQnIws</a></div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 28 Mar 2021, 20:41 Neil Harper, <<a href="mailto:metadata@gmx.com">metadata@gmx.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">so now that I have my own little VCO going on the breadboard, i want to<br>
do a perfboard module with it for my system. so now I'm thinking about<br>
how this VCO will remain stable in a system where the rails might be<br>
fluctuating.<br>
<br>
the first issue i see is that my LM311 comparator takes a reference<br>
voltage drawn from my +15V rail through a resistor to set the trip<br>
point. if that +15V waivers, so will my trip point.. and so will my<br>
frequency. so should things like that be derived from an onboard<br>
reference instead? is this common practice?<br>
<br>
I see in schematics like the ENS-76 VCO (<br>
<a href="http://www.synthsource.com/ens76/vcofig6.jpg" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.synthsource.com/ens76/vcofig6.jpg</a> ) that the comparator<br>
reference is just taken from the rail (through R13, R14 divider). Same<br>
with Thomas Henry's VCO-1's, lots of references right off the rails.<br>
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--<br>
/// Neil Harper<br>
/// Every Wave is New Until it Breaks<br>
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