On Jul 9, 2007, at 5:51 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
recycled
industry application notes), that required some special
circuit
only available at their or associated stores. Having seen the nth PIC
application that basically blinks a LED - what my generation built
with
2 transistors, 2 capacitors, 4 resistors - is lame.
You're making me feel very old. When I was a kid, I used to make a
neon
bulb blink using one resistor and one capacitor.
Relaxation oscillators are fun. I like the UJT version as well,
though UJTs are getting harder to find than they once were. I have
two or three 2N2646 UJTs left.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL