5 Jan
2012
5 Jan
'12
5:04 a.m.
References: <mailman.27.1325320911.1045.cctalk at
classiccmp.org>,
<20120104172214.U48285 at shell.lmi.net>, <4F05188A.80004 at verizon.net>
People, please make sure your user agents don't generate syntax errors
like this! (I've done it myself, I know; my UA does not create such
errors, but also does not fix them when adding to existing References:
headers...I really ought to fix it. I fixed this one manually.)
Nowadays, I'm not so sure. An 8-pin MCU is
dirt-cheap and can be
easily adjusted to change the algorithm. I think it was ED that had
an article not too long ago that asked if an MCU or a 555 was better
for new projects.
Like most such questions, the answer is a definite "it depends".
I recently used a 555 because it had something like 1/4 to 1/10 of the
power consumption, which in this case mattered.
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