Some of the transistors and the lamp-LDR combination used in this sine

wave generator project are obsolete. However, they can be easily

replaced by more modern items:
N-channel JFET E102: replacement types are BF244B, 2N4302,
2N4303, 2N5458, 2N5459
NPN transistor 2N3708: use BC548 or BC549
PNP transistor 2N4059: use BC558
NSL PSL 1033-1 (lamp-LDR combination): use an LDR with a dark
resistance of 10 Mega-ohms and a light resistance of approximately
100 ohms, the lamp is a 9 or 10V grain-of-wheat type drawing 15
mA.
There are a few nice features in this design:
1. The range of 10 Hz…100 kHz is split in 8 rather than the more usual
4 sections. This allows a more easy and accurate setting of the
output frequency.
2. For stabilization of the output amplitude, a lamp-LDR combination is
used rather than a miniature glass-type NTC resistor (which may be
quite difficult to obtain and may also be expensive)
3. The output of the generator should be set to 2 V eff, using trim pot
TP1, e.g. at a frequency of 50 Hz.
4. Although the sinewave distortion is not very low (< 0.5% throughout
the entire range), distortion performance is good for such a simple
design and smaller in the middle of the range than at the frequency
extremes.
Digitized by A.van Waarde, januari 2010