[sdiy] Re: S[DIY} frequency counter

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On 10/30/09 6:05 PM, "Harry Bissell" <harrybissell at wowway.com> wrote:

> Make your own transistors ??? When I was a kid we had to mine copper ore
> from the hills with our bare hands, smelt it over a charcoal fire, then draw
> the wire out
> with our teeth...
> 
> (who remembers that thread ??? :^)
> 
> H^) harry
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: cheater cheater <cheater00 at gmail.com>
> To: Dave Manley <dlmanley at sonic.net>
> Cc: Synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Sent: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:16:40 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Re: S[DIY} frequency counter
> 
> 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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It sounds like a Monty Python skit...

And now something completely new....

Hey I have all kinds of 16-bit DSP kits and 8-bit MCU kits left over from
trainings etc. Even some PPC and MC68340 kits...

I can make a list of what are available and send these out to you guys for
projects if you pay the postage.

I need to get this stuff out of my LAB and I don't like to waste good
electronics.

Send me a note if interested.

Terry Shultz
Cell# 949.254.1159
Freescale Inc.