I have done something similar to one of my cars so that, for example, an LED that tells me when the a/c compressor's electric clutch cycles on and off. Things like this are partly eye candy, partly educational (things don't always work quite like I assume they do), and partly a valuable diagnostic tool when something breaks.
Jeremy On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 6:01 PM Hal Murray <hmur...@megapathdsl.net> wrote: > jim...@earthlink.net said: > > > 3) It's a crude visual check - your eye/brain is pretty good at > catching a > > > change in the pattern of blinky lights. IN this situation, you'd expect > > > all the displays to change simultaneously. > > > > Is there a term similar to "eye candy" for geeks? > > > > Many years ago, I designed network gear. That was back when a controller > was > > a board full of small and medium sized chips rather than a single big chip. > > I always put a few LEDs on the board wired up where the microcode could get > > at them. Most of the time they were just eye candy. But occasionally I > > would borrow one and hack the microcode so a LED would be interesting on a > > scope. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > These are my opinions. I hate spam. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile _______________________________________________ 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.