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It's hard to build an oscillator

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219 points chmaynard | 1 comments | 21 Nov 25 07:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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Zardoz84 ◴[21 Nov 25 12:17 UTC] No.46003806[source]▶
> The circuit can be simplified to two transistors at the expense of readability, but if you need an analog oscillator with a lower component count, an operational amplifier is your best bet.

Well... Using a NOT (really a NAND) gate was a very classic way of generate clocks for discrete logic.

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1. fsckboy ◴[21 Nov 25 18:44 UTC] No.46007495[source]▶
he said "if you need an analog oscillator". (yes, digital signals are analog signals and analog signals are digital signals, but...)