I have an application that requires a square wave pulse with the following characteristics:
I can't use an off-the-shelf pulse generator for this, because I need to change the amplitude with every shot, and I don't have a programmable pulse generator that works at 200 Hz.
I've tried wiring up a MOSFET, but the droop is too significant.
My question: Can anyone suggest a square wave generator IC that might meet these characteristics, or maybe point my search in the right direction?
Edit:
I think the problem is that I don't know what words to search for. "Square wave oscillator"? "Square wave generator"? "Comparator"? Of course it'd be lazy of me to ask someone to do a Google search for me - really what I need is advice on:
1.) do "square wave/pulse generator IC's" exist?
2.) what are they called, so I may search for them?
- frequency = 10-200 Hz
- width \(\geq\) 20 \(\mu\)s
- risetime < 100 ns
- ringing falls to within 10 mV of steady state value after 100 ns
- droop/sag does not exceed 20 mV over 10 \(\mu\)s
- variable amplitude up to 10 V
I can't use an off-the-shelf pulse generator for this, because I need to change the amplitude with every shot, and I don't have a programmable pulse generator that works at 200 Hz.
I've tried wiring up a MOSFET, but the droop is too significant.
My question: Can anyone suggest a square wave generator IC that might meet these characteristics, or maybe point my search in the right direction?
Edit:
I think the problem is that I don't know what words to search for. "Square wave oscillator"? "Square wave generator"? "Comparator"? Of course it'd be lazy of me to ask someone to do a Google search for me - really what I need is advice on:
1.) do "square wave/pulse generator IC's" exist?
2.) what are they called, so I may search for them?
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