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Problem with a Relaxation Oscillator (using Op Amp)

I'm studying a relaxation oscillator. This wikipedia circuit shows exactly my circuit with the only difference that I'm using different values for each resistor. I called resistor R the one ...
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Testing Oscillator Over Temperature

I want to characterize the frequency inaccuracy of several silicon oscillators over temperature to see which one will work best in my end application. If I populate the oscillator on a bare-board and ...
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How do you output a frequency/note with a 1V octave keyboard controller?

To be specific, I made this: from here And to test the CV output, I used this schematic: from here It works as a oscillator. Every time I hit a key it will oscillate at that note, but it wont ...
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Binary Counter and an Oscillator for frequency generation

I'm interested in creating low frequencies using a high-frequency oscillator. For example - using a 12Mhz oscillator to create 1Khz, 2Khz waves. I've been said that using a Binary adder(oops) counter ...
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Why does a faster clock require more power?

If you overclock a microcontroller, it gets hot. If you overclock a microcontroller, it needs more voltage. In some abstract way it makes sense: it is doing more computation, so it needs more energy ...