Rhythm generator

[WJ Bland]

On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Curtin, Steven D (Steven) wrote:

> Hello WJ,
> 
> This sounds very similar to what I've been doing with programmable logic.  I
> have a Philips PLD that counts down from a master clock which is a 555.
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Hi Steven,
	What you're doing sounds very cool.  Thanks for the reply, but...
Eeek!  PLDs and FGPAs?  Aren't they really hard to do?  I know it would be
a much simpler design this way, but aren't they quite expensive?  And you
need a programmer for them don't you?  This must cost loads too!

This is just my knee-jerk reaction - let me know if I'm wrong ;-)

Cheers,
	Bill.