If you guys go the PIC route, I'm always happy to burn them for the group for cheap. I think in the past I was doing 5 bucks for the first one (including delivery) plus $2.50 for each additional. I still have a ton of those plastic chip tubes for mailing them so the pins don't get bent.
-Bob On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Stanley <timen...@n4iqt.com> wrote: > I still have a supply of boards and most parts including the 74ac175 but no > interest in assembly or the kitting process. If someone would like to take > this on then I could provide the boards etc ... in bulk. Because of my > limited space the kitting process takes several hours to do them one at time > :-( > > Stanley > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Latham" <d...@montana.com> > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > <time-nuts@febo.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 11:37 AM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] PICTIC II ready-made? > > > >> I forgot to add that a simple redrafting of the II as an Arduino shield >> with appropriate chips and chip passives would accomplish the desired >> end without losing the very careful engineering and testing that has >> already been done? >> Would be nice to have a way to change caps without soldering as well, >> maybe just some .1" jumpers? >> Don >> >> >>> It might be time for a group project to design a "Pictic III" that uses >>> parts that are readily available. Today I'd build it around an Arduino >>> rather than a PIC even if the cost is more. Arduino is programmable by >>> __anyone__ and plugs into a USB port, no onwwouldhave to supply >>> programed >>> chips and because it is so easy to program maybe some users would try to >>> make improvements and offer them to others. >>> >>> Other suggestions to do something like this have come up on this list >>> but >>> then someone starts talking about using some specialized technology that >>> 99.99% of the readers don't know (like FPGAs) I'd like to see it done >>> with >>> 25 cent parts and technology a beginner can master >>> -- >>> >>> Chris Albertson >>> Redondo Beach, California >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >> >> >> -- >> "Neither the voice of authority nor the weight of reason and argument >> are as significant as experiment, for thence comes quiet to the mind." >> R. Bacon >> "If you don't know what it is, don't poke it." >> Ghost in the Shell >> >> >> Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL >> Six Mile Systems LLP >> 17850 Six Mile Road >> POB 134 >> Huson, MT, 59846 >> VOX 406-626-4304 >> www.lightningforensics.com >> www.sixmilesystems.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.