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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

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 ...
Hackaday

function generator

Over on YouTube [Andrew Neal] has a Function Generator Build for Beginners. As beginner videos go this one is fairly comprehensive. [Andrew] shows us how to build a square-wave generator on a ...
Electronic Design

Sound-Card Signal Generator Interface Adds Variable Offset Control

A personal computer (PC) sound card can be the basis for a readily available signal generator for testing electronic circuits. The usefulness of these signal generators is limited, however, because ...