This 1968 Texas Instruments circuit uses diacs of the era. SCRs can be modern equivalents according to the controlled load.
This circuit is from an August 1984 Radio Electronics magazine. It monitors the state of a RAM...
In the figure we have the way to obtain an adjustable constant current source of 2 mA. The...
Found in a Maxim publication from the 90s, this circuit generates signals from 10 to 25 kHz with a...