[sdiy] Re: S[DIY} frequency counter

[thx1138]

On 10/30/09 7:44 PM, "thx1138" <thx1138 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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.
> 
> 
> 
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Well it sounds like I have a few folks interested in some of these kits.

I will make a list of what I have and let all of you know what I have that I
can give away.

If someone wants something new that is on our web site, make me a project
proposal and I will see if marketing will let me have it for nothing.

I will start cleaning up the lab and get this stuff sorted out soon.

I don't know if all of the software is in the boxes but I can usually get
Codewarrior tools for free for most 8-bit MCU's.

Regards,

Terry Shultz
DSP and ARM Audio Technology
Freescale Inc.