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On a sunny day (Sun, 10 May 2009 13:33:06 -0400) it happened "Martin Riddle" wrote in :
Yes those will work, but then require 4 caps and 4 resistors at least. With 4 inputs, 4 outputs, 2 power, a 14 Ppin PIC will do, and have prosessing to spare that could possibly be used for something too. Like for example a 16F505
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NO external components needed, use internal RC oscillaor. You can use 4 port interrupts and look in the interrupt routine which one it was, and start a counter. Main routine can do software increment of the counters and set outputs after so many ms, with quite a high accuray. There are many other ways to do it too.
Because it doesn't need a dev system, doesn't need to have code written and debugged, doesn't need chips to be programmed on a production basis, doesn't need a JTAG header, isn't threatened by parts going obsolete, doesn't need reprogramming to change delays, and generally has less jitter?
On a sunny day (Sun, 10 May 2009 11:23:54 -0700) it happened John Larkin wrote in :
Oh, yes, almost all true. Obsolete? PIC has been around as long as any other suff, in more variants. So you included trimpots too? Hope you are not still using those papper caps ;-)
On a sunny day (Sun, 10 May 2009 12:13:45 -0700) it happened John Larkin wrote in :
In my experience pic compatibility is really good. Even beyond PICs generations, I have used a PIC to replace dedicated chips.
If the PIC has EEPROM, RS232: just bring out one pin for Rx at TTL level, it only has to listen, you can of course bring out the TX too, and read status.
No paper caps! But it does have some NTC ceramic caps, to tune the TC of an LC oscillator. They are very hard to buy in surface mount in sane quantities.
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