I need to come up with an oscillator capable of generating sine waves, ideally from 30 to 150 kHz. The oscillator would be strobbed by an external timer chip, ie 555, or if there is a chip capable of doing both. I basically need to generate sinuosoidal tone bursts, while keeping my oscillator frequency, pulse repitition frequency, and pulse duration as adjustable as possible.
I've looked into units such as the DS1085L and XR2206, but they don't quite fit my needs as the DS1085L generates square waves and the XR2206 requires external circuitry and lacks the programmability I want. I'm trying to avoid external circuitry, ie RC oscillators, so I've been searching on these forums and others and the general conclusion seems to be to look into a microcontroller. I have very limited experience with microcontrollers and would like to be pointed in the right direction for one that could fit my needs.
I've looked into units such as the DS1085L and XR2206, but they don't quite fit my needs as the DS1085L generates square waves and the XR2206 requires external circuitry and lacks the programmability I want. I'm trying to avoid external circuitry, ie RC oscillators, so I've been searching on these forums and others and the general conclusion seems to be to look into a microcontroller. I have very limited experience with microcontrollers and would like to be pointed in the right direction for one that could fit my needs.