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title: relaxation oscillator
source: Horowitz, P., & Hill, W. (2024). The art of electronics (Third edition, 20th printing with corrections). Cambridge University Press.
type: oscillator
schematic: "/assets/recipes/schematic-relax-osc.png"
---

Classic op-amp (or comparator) relaxation oscillator, using comparators with rail-to-rail output stages.

This schematic is taken from "The Art of Electronics". Since op-amps are such a common component, i think it would be feasible to salvage this.

*The image is a screenshot from the PDF, i'd like to re-arrange the image*