[sdiy] Re: S[DIY} frequency counter

[Jerry Gray-Eskue]

Make your own transistors ??? That too new fangled, build Vacuum Tubes with a Bunsen burner, and roll your own caps with Mom's Aluminum Foil...

- Jerry

-----Original Message-----
From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Harry Bissell
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 8:05 PM
To: cheater cheater
Cc: Dave Manley; Synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Re: S[DIY} frequency counter


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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