26 May
2005
26 May
'05
12:53 a.m.
Tony wrote:
Precisely.
Quite a hack to get a counter, latch and display
driver in just 8
transistors!
Allison wrote:
Only takes 4bits to count to 10. Though it could
be a switch tail
ring counter.
Brent wrote:
Flip-flops: 2 transistors per bit. 4 bits * 2
trans/bit = 8 trans.
Eric Smith wrote:
> But 8 transistors used in any obvious way does not also get you a
> latch and display driver in addition to the counter. That's what
> makes the use of the neon lamps in the HP design exceptionally clever.