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- The circuit creates a sequence of tones whose frequencies vary in distinct steps as a potentiometer is adjusted
- Some in the electronic music community began experimenting with the circuit, and it is eventually labeled the atari punk console by kaustic machines
- Even older than the atari punk console is the integrated circuit that makes it possible, the venerable 555 timer designed by hans r. Camenzind for signetics
- The 555 was introduced in 1972 and continues to be one of the most popular integrated circuits ever designed
