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Why does BJT AMV extinguish in ngspice simulation?
The below circuit is transcribed from https://learnabout-electronics.org/Oscillators/osc41.php where the original circuit diagram may be found (Fig. 4.1.4). tao_r ...
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555 timer on monostable mode interfering with 555 timer on astable mode. MULTISIM
I'm currently doing a project in Multisim and I've come across a weird behavior in my 555 timers. When I have the monostable (the output should be high for 11 seconds) and the astable timers on the ...
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How to analyze this op amp astable multivibrator with additional resistance in parallel with the capacitor
Given the circuit in the figure: The operational amplifier and the diode are ideal. The power supply for the operational amplifier is symmetric: \$V^+ = -V^- = V_{cc} = 10 V \$. \$R \cdot C = 1 \, \...
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Is there a simpler astable multivibrator?
Can this one cell LED driver work as an astable multivibrator? if so how is it compared to the Garner's Oscillator? They look very similar, are they the same? Is the inductor coil playing a ...
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LED Breather circuit with only analog components running on 1.2 V?
A friend of mine wants to modify a cheap solar lamp to make it breath (fade in and out continously). The LED runs on a 1.2 V NiMH battery. I'd like to design a circuit which could go in series with ...
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Astable multivibrator, potentialy bad circuit
I found this circuit scheme in my examples, and i think that this circuit wont work. Aside protection diodes of CMOS inverters, there is this diode pointing in the first inverter(left one), how I ...
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Calculating capacitor charging and discharge time using LM311 as Schmitt trigger astable multivibrator
I need a little help solving some electronics problem. I need to calculate the charging and discharging time of a capacitor in the following Schmitt trigger astable circuit using LM311 I found. If I ...
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Role of the load resistors in an astable multivibrator
I am currently trying to wrap my head around astable multivibrators. I want to design a circuit that oscilates at about 1 kHz. The formula I am using to determine the values for the base resistors (I ...
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Modified astable multivibrator with sharp edges
I am designing an astable multivibrator that would avoid rounded output edges and also has a totem pole output, so it is able to drive a small charge pump. So I decided to replace a collector ...
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How to get megahertz frequency with a 555?
I need to produce a 1.7 MHz signal. Up to around 200 kHz the 555 IC and my simple astable circuit are working just fine as expected, but when I decrease R1 and R2 to less than 100 Ω the frequency ...
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What is this extra diode (LED) between the bases of transistors in an astable multivibrator?
Can someone explain what this extra LED between the bases of the transistors in an astable multivibrator does? I built the prototype and I see that without this LED there is no blinking. Both sides of ...
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How does a capacitor in an astable multivibrator turn off a BJT?
I've recently started learning about astable multivibrators. I understand that the capacitors in a circuit like the one below create the alternating current by charging up one at a time, and once they ...
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Unable to get my astable multi-vibrator working in LTspice
I'm trying to build a basic square wave oscillator using an astable vibrator made with an op-amp for my Intro to Circuits class. Unfortunately, I cannot get LTspice to simulate the oscillations. I've ...
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555 Timer Astable Multivibrator Circuit Analysis
I was looking at a dead Molex "Suitcase" terminal applicators and found on its controller board this 555 circuit. It appears to be an astable multivibrator, but not the typical kind. It ...
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Measuring capacitance with NE555 in astable mode
I have one problem with my project. I trying to measure capacitance with NE555, but i have problem with protection. In this schemeatic instead of a capacitor, I have put connection socket 01x02 for ...