On 2 Jul 2012 at 19:29, Tony Duell wrote:
[1] I wonder what the best way to do this would
be? Off the top of
my head, soem kind of microdoed ssytem or complex state machine (which
at this level are the same thing, of course) would be my first guess.
A cheap 8-bit microcontroller might arguably be the least expensive
way to implement it and allow for minor tweaks without circuit
modifications if you're not of the CPLD persuasion.
The only reason I am not of the 'CPLD persuasuion' is that I have no way
to use them. Not one of them is totally open.
Yes, if I had to do this I would use a microcontroller. But that footnote
you quoted specifically refered to a comment I had made about 'doing it
with 74xx ICs'. I don't believe there are any such microcontrollers :-)
-tony