Use this electronics calculation for a first-pass component, converter, signal, motor, or sensor estimate when the stated operating conditions and units match the device data.

Resistance Ohms (Ω)

Required number input.

Capacitance Farads (F)

Required number input.

Threshold Fraction

Required number input.

Frequency of a symmetric inverting RC Schmitt oscillator with switching thresholds at ±β times saturation voltage. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.^[1]

Frequency Hz (Hz)

The resulting frequency hz returned as a number.

• Schmitt thresholds and oscillator timing depend on supply, device threshold levels, output swing, resistor and capacitor tolerances, leakage, propagation delay, and startup state. Logic-family datasheet limits take precedence over ideal divider equations.
• Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.

Check the result against the current datasheet and worst-case operating corners, then verify the circuit or measurement with simulation and bench testing where failure matters.

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