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| Circlotron:
--- Quote from: eti on September 21, 2020, 05:20:36 pm ---What did people do before Arduino and microcontrollers were the go-to "solution" (lazy solution) for almost EVERY project online, if they wanted to generate waveforms? --- End quote --- They'd use a 555 instead to flash a LED. And they were lauded as geniuses, of course. |
| ebastler:
--- Quote from: eti on September 21, 2020, 11:26:04 pm ---It speaks volumes that only ONE person "gets" what I am on about. --- End quote --- Indeed, it does. |
| vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: Circlotron on September 22, 2020, 03:25:09 am --- --- Quote from: eti on September 21, 2020, 05:20:36 pm ---What did people do before Arduino and microcontrollers were the go-to "solution" (lazy solution) for almost EVERY project online, if they wanted to generate waveforms? --- End quote --- They'd use a 555 instead to flash a LED. And they were lauded as geniuses, of course. --- End quote --- Who uses a 555? Self flashing LEDs have been around for decades! I greatly prefer to use a 90v battery, a capacitor, & a resistor to flash a neon, anyway! |
| Circlotron:
--- Quote from: vk6zgo on September 22, 2020, 05:16:25 am --- --- Quote from: Circlotron on September 22, 2020, 03:25:09 am --- --- Quote from: eti on September 21, 2020, 05:20:36 pm ---What did people do before Arduino and microcontrollers were the go-to "solution" (lazy solution) for almost EVERY project online, if they wanted to generate waveforms? --- End quote --- They'd use a 555 instead to flash a LED. And they were lauded as geniuses, of course. --- End quote --- Who uses a 555? Self flashing LEDs have been around for decades! I greatly prefer to use a 90v battery, a capacitor, & a resistor to flash a neon, anyway! --- End quote --- Your skillz will be in demand in a post apocalyptic world. |
| ucanel:
--- Quote from: eti on September 21, 2020, 11:26:48 pm --- --- Quote from: ucanel on September 21, 2020, 10:29:21 pm ---... You may also try Ben Eater's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BenEater --- End quote --- Yes, thank you, I find him fantastic. :-+ --- End quote --- So what about Apliied Science channel, i think you also like his work to. https://www.youtube.com/c/AppliedScience |
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