//Tested on Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit //Chapter 11 Oscillators and Multivibrators Pg no. 368 clear; clc; //Given //Figure 11.18 R1=1.5D3;//resistance R1 in ohms R2=1.5D3;//resistance R2 in ohms R3=12D3;//resistance R3 in ohms R4=12D3;//resistance R4 in ohms C1=0.068D-6;//capacitance C1 in farads C2=0.068D-6;//capacitance C2 in farads //Solution T1=0.693*R3*C1;//time period of initial part of waveform in seconds T2=0.693*R4*C2;//time period of final part of waveform in seconds T=T1+T2;//total time period of waveform in seconds f=1/T;//frequency of wave in hertz printf("Frequency of oscillations of astable multivibrator f = %d Hz",f);