We found this circuit in Motorola's Linear Databook in 1990. The semiconductor component used is no longer common today.
Indicated for scanning circuit applications, we found this generator in a Radio Electronics from the 80s....
The circuit shown in figure 3 uses a programmable unijunction transistor (PUT) of the BRY39 type...
This is the version of the previous circuit with a locking system. The supply voltage is according to...