Homebrew PCBs

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:28:47 +0200, Alan King <alan@...> wrote:

>   Not so sure why you all are bent on getting PICs for this.  If all  
> you're
> doing is Step and Direction to 4 outputs you may as well spend the $2  
> and get
> the 2 or 3 chips necessary to do it straight in logic, and skip the idea  
> of
> programming anything..
> Alan


I agree. My opinion is it is insane to use a micro for such a simple  
function. Now microstepping is another issue, although there would still  
be relatively simple methods to do microstepping without any programming  
(assuming staying in the lower numbers of microsteps).

But i have people seen to attempt to use a micro to invert a signal... no  
joke.
Sometimes it seems the people who make webpages today are now trying their  
luck in electronics. If you noticed how large a proportion of commercial  
webpages is plainly not functional any more you know what i mean. Some  
time ago it was known engineering should seek solutions as complex as  
needed to do the job, and as simple as possible. I guess it was forgotten  
when marketing people frauded themselves into decision-making positions.

You guys are lucky that i'm hungry, because that means an early end of  
rant ;-)


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