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What's the minimum (physics first) to get an oscillator?
jonpaul:
Simple answer:
Loop gain > 1
Works for any osc, mechanical, electric, electronic.
Jon
SiliconWizard:
Everything is an oscillator.
The Electrician:
There was a lady on the Coast to Coast radio show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_to_Coast_AM
the other night who informed the listeners that everything in the universe has a frequency. There must be a lot of oscillators keeping it all going.
AndyBeez:
Is white noise oscillation?
TimFox:
No, it is "variation".
Inherent in the term "oscillation", starting with the physics of harmonic oscillators and the engineering of feedback oscillators is that the action be periodic.
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