Re: TI-H: General questions with a possibly big im
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Re: TI-H: General questions with a possibly big im
>Grant Stockly wrote:
>> Personally, I think nothing is impossible, and because of that, nothing
>> should be regarded as 'not worth it'. I fail to see a reason not to flash
>> a LED 10,000 times a second... Geee... ;)
>
>Sorry, but a cheapo LM555 can do well over that for under a buck. You
>shouldn't use more hardware than you need, that gets a lot of new
>hardware guys into a lot of trouble.
But, whats the point? With a LM555 you learn how to use a $.70 chip. With
a microprocessor, you get to spend lots of money, make a light flash, or
you could even program it to play one of the online games that are script
based. Like the ones the BBSs use...
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