Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 5 Dec 2007 at 16:35, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
> The main thing I'm trying to achieve is
simplicity.
> Nothing fancy. No PIC's, no
microcontrollers,
etc. I
> initially thought of using flip flops and a
bunch
of
> inverters to reset all the non-selected flip
flop, but
> couldn't work out in my head a good way
to do
it... I
> hadn't taken switch debouncing into the
equation
- but
> aren't flip flops commonly used to
debounce
switches
anyway?
How about an 8-position rotary switch?
and skip the FF's ... all manual :)
Yeah, I thought about that. But then I'd have to find
a rotary switch with the proper number of positions...
And besides, what's the fun in that? I also wanted to
be able to use an arbitrary number of inputs. Eight
was just an example :)
-Ian