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From: dnewton@carroll1.cc.edu (Dave Newton the Late)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Help with a timing circuit
Message-ID: <1205@carroll1.cc.edu>
Date: 13 Feb 90 03:14:46 GMT
References: <5712@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: dnewton@carroll1.cc.edu (Dave Newton the Late)
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In article <5712@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU: hamilton@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Andrew W Hamilton) writes:
:I'm trying to build a circuit which outputs a continuous square wave
:where the period can be varied from about 4 seconds to 60 seconds using
:a variable resistor.  The catch is that no matter what the period is,
:the "high" must be a contstant 3 seconds, i.e, a period of 10 seconds
:would have a 7 second low and a 3 second high.

   I'm rusty, but I think what you want is a one-shot...

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