[sdiy] Re: S[DIY} frequency counter

[Dave Manley]

LOL.  I've been in a facility that grew their own GaAs ingots.  This is 
not equipment that would be considered DIY by any measure.

-Dave

cheater cheater wrote:
> 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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