On Dec 5, 2007, at 12:52 PM, Dave N6NZ wrote: >> I've been pondering the "your first board" chapter of the getting >> started guide. > > 555? People still use them? They cost as much as a whole > microcontroller > these days.....
All the time. I used one in a commercial design two years ago. They're still cheaper than microcontrollers...less than $0.25/ea in single-unit quantities, going down to $0.10/ea in quantities of a few hundred. Further, the advantage of reduced complexity is pretty obvious. -Dave -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL Farewell Ophelia, 9/22/1991 - 7/25/2007 _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user