What's the shortest delay possible with MN3207?

Started by ElectricDruid, June 11, 2012, 10:22:31 AM

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ElectricDruid

Yeah, agree about CMOS over the MN3102. The 3102 doesn't have enough oomph to really push the delay lines to short delays/high clock frequencies. If you roll-your-own VCO in CMOS, you can easily overcome those limitations, at the cost of more chips.
It was this problem I was trying to solve with my Flangelicious clock chip, rolling up the LFO and the biphase clock VCO into a single chip by doing it as PIC firmware. Inevitably that throws up other problems and limitations, the most significant being a 500KHz ceiling. Still, I was pleased to have the whole LFO and voltage-controlled clock on a single 8-pin DIP.

Tom

armdnrdy

Quote from: ElectricDruid on December 19, 2016, 11:25:30 AM
Craig Anderton's Hyperflange uses other CMOS (404-something-i-can't-read and 4041Tom

CD4046 VCO and the CD4041 for the clock buffer.
I just designed a new fuzz circuit! It almost sounds a little different than the last fifty fuzz circuits I designed! ;)

Rob Strand

QuoteYeah, agree about CMOS over the MN3102.
74HC series is a little more beefier than CMOS.  Can't say if it is good enough through.

QuoteI was pleased to have the whole LFO and voltage-controlled clock on a single 8-pin DIP.
Very nice modern solution.  The micros these days have plenty of drive.

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