We found this circuit in the 1983 edition of the Electronics Experimenter handbook. The circuit uses components that are common today, although many admit equivalents.
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This circuit is from the 1990 Motorola Linear Databook. The circuit can be applied to other...
Found in documentation from the 90s, this circuit makes use of components from the time....