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Understanding this circuit

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Red_Micro:
Hi,

I can't wrap my head around the circuit attached. U2 comparator is acting as multivibrator, right? It's weird that U2 is powered from GND and -12V.  All I know about this circuit is that it is used to inject an AC signal to the test coil when PB1 is pressed. But how does it exactly work?

graybeard:
Yes it is a relaxation oscillator turning the fet it is driving on and off.  Ground is arbitrary, it can be any rail. 
I recently designed a circuit where I ran my 5V logic from GND on the high side to -5V on the low side because it made sense for the rest of the circuit.

The switch turns on M1 and its load.  M1 is shut off when M2 is on.

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