Here is a fun little project that can make big, fat, noisy sparks at least 2 inches long, and can be built very quickly and cheaply.
http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/marxgen.htm
Sawtooth wave generators using opamp are very common. But the disadvantage is that it requires a bipolar power supply. A sawtooth wave generator can be built using a simple 555 timer IC and a transistor as shown in the circuit diagram.
http://www.electronic-circuits-diagrams.com/oscillatorsimages/oscillatorsckt2.shtml
The method of assessment of the linearity that is proposed here requires the use of a small two tones tones generator easy to build and a spectrum analyzer or a low cost discarded selective voltmeter.
http://perso.orange.fr/jf.fourcadier/television/deux_tons/deux_tons_e.htm
This device is a microprocessor controlled waveform generator that can be used for driving a voltage controlled stereo panner for music applications. Panning is simply the movement of a mono audio signal between the left and right channels of a stereo sound system.
http://www.solorb.com/elect/musiccirc/wavgen/index.html
http://members.home.nl/b.vandam/lonely/pagina43.html
signal generator to test circuits, frequecy range is 20 to 20 kHz, outpus sinewave, triangle wave and square wave.
http://home.maine.rr.com/randylinscott/may99.htm