[sdiy] Re: S[DIY} frequency counter

[cheater cheater]

I think the consideration here is whether you just want to 'Do It', or
if you are concentrating on the 'Yourself'.
If you're concentrating on the 'Yourself' then I won't be happy until
you make your own transistors out of germanium crystals. ;-)

D.

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 20:06, Dave Manley <dlmanley at sonic.net> wrote:
> cheater cheater wrote:
>>
>> I find Bill's idea very neat actually
>>
>> Using chips that were made for what you're trying to do... wild idea I
>> know
>>
>> D.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 23:17, Magnus Danielson
>> <magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> bill bigrig wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Howdy
>>>>  Intersil 7208 + 7207 + 3130 + 7 digit common cathode display. Details
>>>> on
>>>> page 470 of 'The CMOS Cookbook'.
>>>
>>> Yes, where is the fun in that? No mad scientist style.
>
> It depends on your goal. If you're trying to learn something about digital
> design, and this group is about doing it yourself, then using a few
> (obsolete?, unavailable?) chips that do everything for you and wiring it up
> per a datasheet is fairly pointless.  You may as well go buy a cheap
> multimeter with built-in freq counter, gut it out of its case, and stick it
> on a panel.
>
> -Dave
>
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