Re: TI-H: clock and date???
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Re: TI-H: clock and date???
Matrix Phantom wrote:
>
> no, more than 4 pins. If you look at the schematics for the SPinterface
> 2 of the pins must be shorted in order to atain a closed circuit, nice
> little feature.
>
> The unit (I think) also has 2 power lines. One direct from the
> batteries at 6 volts and anothr regulated from the low-dropout 5v
> regulator from national, that brins the count up to 7 I belive.
>
> Your comment regarding the ground lines is questionable, as well. I am
> not an electronis genus or anything but I belive it would at least be a
> good idea to keep the lines for calc data seperate from the powered
> lines (correct me if I'm wrong), bringing the count up to 8.
>
> I am not an expert on this, so my resoning most likely has some flaws
> that have not been noticed by the reminits of my decaying brain.
> --
> Disclaimer: My mind is so fragmented by random excursions into a
> wilderness of abstractions and incipient ideas that the
> practical purposes of the moment are often submerged in my consciousness
> and I don't know what I'm doing.
Twas mearly a passing thought...
Pellaeon
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