On 21 Apr 2012 at 0:31, Holm Tiffe wrote:
What I wanted to say no 555 and mo micro alone can do
anything. There
where other parts to add some functionality. It depends on energy at
least to do something. It isn't relevat if there is a 555 or a micro,
alone they make pretty little bugs that sit on the table...
Isn't that a bit of a straw man argument? What bit of electronic
paraphenalia can do anything without some energy input? For that
matter, what bit of any device, yourself included, can do anything
without energy input?
Without energy, you're food for the worms (which depend on you for
their energy).
--Chuck