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Function Generator Circuit Concepts, Part 3: Additional Function Generator (FG) Capabilities

In the first two parts of this article, the first two generations of triangle-wave generator loops were presented – the foundational concepts at the heart of function generator (FG) technology. This ...
Hackaday

555-Based Square-Wave And Triangle-Wave Function Generator Build For Beginners

Over on YouTube [Andrew Neal] has a Function Generator Build for Beginners. As beginner videos go this one is fairly ...
EDN

Function Generator Circuit Concepts, Part 1: First-Generation Function Generators (FGs)

Function generators (FGs) are measurement instruments in the category of waveform sources. They grew out of both a need for a versatile source of multiple waveshapes and from some interesting analog ...
Electronic Design

Audio Function Generator Provides Three Simultaneous Square, Triangle, Sine Waveforms

This article is part of the Ideas for Design Series: Vol. 3, No. 7. This simple, robust, and low-cost signal generator, based on the LM386 power amplifier IC, provides a trio of audio-band signals ...
Electronic Design

Simple Circuit Turns Scope, Function Generator Into JFET Curve Tracer

Commercial curve tracers have existed for decades. But designers without access to one can create a simple circuit that uses a function generator and oscilloscope to generate JFET transfer and ...