This TTL circuit was found in the December 1990 issue of Radio Electronics magazine. The circuit has a 50% duty cycle. It must be powered by 5 V.
The LDO series (Low Dropout) TPS80 from Texas Instruments (www.ti.com) can provide output voltages...
The presented circuit uses an operational one of the time. The circuit is from an 80's manual and...
The operation of this circuit is old, but the configuration can be elaborated based on modern...