Demonstrating the Effect of Decoupling Capacitors @brainwagon
Demonstrating the Effect of Decoupling Capacitors @brainwagon
Uploaded April 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
I was assembling the 74HC4060 based oscillator for the K0LR LOWFER transmitter, and forgot to install decoupling capacitors. The effect on the output square wave quality was so visible I thought it might make an interesting demonstration.

K0LF's circuit can be found at nutstreet.net/k0lr/lftx.htm
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Demonstrating the Effect of Decoupling Capacitors

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