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Originally Posted by TonyDuell
What do you get on pin 3 (or pin 5) of the 4081?
Do you have a 'scope? If so, what do the signals on pins 3 and 4 look like?
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The readings on Pins 3 and 5 are widely fluctuating as well - makes no sense to me!
A complete mess on my ageing Farnell 30-4D oscilloscope - this needs a lot of urgent TLC so I don't trust what I'm seeing (not sharing it here!!!)
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Originally Posted by David G4EBT
Re the 'BE' suffix:
A plain CD4081 is 'unbuffered'.
'B' simply means the IC has a buffered output. The pinouts are identical.
'E' means 'plastic encapsulated dual in-line package'.
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Thanks David, although your link scared me - I'll need to find some time to read and digest.
Meantime ...
I think I'll need to
PAUSE this Thread - I've taken up enough of your valuable time although it has been a very worthwhile educational journey, for me.
Made some great progress and actually managed to get something oscillating at a steady 300Hz - fell at the least hurdle though trying to generate an asymmetric square wave. So close ...
A huge thanks to everyone who contributed their knowledge, expertise, patience and perseverance, it really is appreciated.