Machine Independent Storage Idea...

[Chuck Guzis]

On 9 Dec 2006 at 9:02, joseph c lang wrote:

> Actually My first draft was a 555. By the time all the requirements were met,
> the component count had gotten out of hand. 7420,555,7438,handfull
> of descretes... a single 20 pin package a crystal and a transistor didn't 
> seem like overkill. 
> And it would handle the creeping feature bloat My projects suffer from ;^)

I happened to mention this to a customer yesterday who sells 
computerized scales and the like.  His comment was that a PIC was 
very competitive with a 555, when one considered the external 
discrete component count and glue--although he admitted that a number 
of his products still use lots of 555s.

Cheers,
Chuck