Programmable IR LED Flasher Circuit -- How to Build?

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That is because human time is so much dearer than machine time is - there is not much point in spending time on clever things, the hardware is just too cheap.

Nah - next generation will throw a genetic circuit at the problem and evolve it.

Please share with us any "mixed-mode chips" in a 20 pin or smaller package. ( 8 pin is the target here )

Please share with us any "mixed-mode chips" that can be produced in a small shop or at home.

I would like to agree with you, but cost and ease of use will always point to a microcontroller.

donald

Better yet. You know where I am. Come see me.

In message , dated Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Donald writes

Oven chips. They are flash-fried before sale and then you bake them. That's mixed-mode.

I just thought I'd get in before Genome.

--- To what end?

You seem to think that I think that you're an adversary worth getting physical about.

You're not.

You're only here because you're looking for intellectual property which you don't want to pay for, but which you want to take credit for.

In other words, you're nothing more than a common thief.

-- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer

There are thousands of mixed mode chips in 20pins or smaller.

Ah, now that is different. As I said, my worry is that the skill set will be lost.

By the way, you could make your own chips:

Then there are gate arrays and eplds.

He thinks engineers are arrogant? WOW!

Ok, This is true.

Looks interesting. Maybe I can add this to my skill set. :-)

donald

Translation: What the f*ck have I gotten myself into?

Calm down johnny. I'd refrain from smacking the shit out of you for being an asshole (even though it would be entirely deserved) because you'd be the kind of person to whine to the police even though you instigated the entire thing. Besides, I don't think there would even be a need to get physical because you simply wouldn't speak to me in person like you've done here. There would be no "last word syndrome" or threats. If you want to challenge me, then you bring all the tools in your toolbox and we'll see who wins. Your business partners may be intimidated by your strong talk and self-proclaimed smarts, but unfortunately for you, I'm not. Save that shit for your boyfriends at work because I'm quite frankly not impressed by you.

Nope!

because you're looking for intellectual property

Yep.

Yep.

, but which you want to take credit

Nope.

Why the f*ck would I pay for something if someone's willing to give it to me for free knowing that I'm not going to take their design and sell it for my own gain. Should I hire a prick like you to design it for me and pay some exorbatant fee? I don't think so. You're absolutely incorrect about taking credit for things johnny f*****ad and I've told you that before. Talk about insecurity. In my business, we don't do shit like that, because there's much more at stake than money. So, once again, take those "big bucks" and shove them right up your ass.

Nope. Simply wrong again, but {yawn} we've been through this before. I have neither the need nor the desire to steal, especially from the likes of you. The fact is - you're nothing more than an insecure boob.

Son, you've been given everything you need short of a schematic and parts list. Please apply your excess energy to devise the flasher of your liking ... and take your tough guy behavior elsewhere. Maybe go smack the shit out of some data sheets, hoooaahhh! One round TSSOP14, lock and load, you know. You gonna let a little pissant bit of silicon defeat ya? Or use some of the millions you control to just buy the damned things.

Possibly in a bad sit, GI. We did not arm you and train you so you could threaten us, and we will not tolerate such behavior. If my watchdog threatens my neighbor I will destroy the dog forthwith. Friendly guidance and counsel: pick out what you can use from responses you get, ignore what you can't use and STFU.

No, John. Contrary to popular opinion and the logos on their cars, police do not protect and serve. Police don't do anything other than patrol and occasionally direct traffic until a crime has been committed. However, the Army is another story. It exists to protect and serve America and Americans. Americans must not and will not tolerate threats from the very forces we arm and train. No member of the armed forces may claim that he or she was "merely acting as an individual" in a particular situation. Whether or not in uniform in a particular instance, they are always subject to UCMJ (uniform code of military justice). The U.S. Army does not condone bad behavior.

CG's (commanding generals) do not tolerate embarrassment by those in their command, and those subject to UCMJ have NO civil rights. If a soldier commits a civil crime, he will be dealt with under UCMJ. Even if he didn't commit a civil crime, if he becomes a discredit to his unit and command he will find himself reassigned to scut duty in some armpit of the world very shortly thereafter.

The place to lodge your complaint would be with the CG of Fort Bragg, letters also to congressmen. CG's don't appreciate negative attention from congressmen one bit, not at all. Lots of shit gets overlooked in a TO (theater of operations) but CG's in CONUS have zero tolerance for such irritations. It would be dealt with decisively and effectively.

In theory you could as there are open source programs for mask layout. A tad expensive though to make a chip. I haven't used Mosis in decades and never on my dime. In the dark ages, they step many chips on one wafer to keep the cost down. The tooling generated is thus worthless for production. However, if you dreamed up some cool chip and proved the design, getting it fabbed is a much safer proposition given the Mosis silicon.

In less dark ages, there was direct write on silicon with electron beam. Damn slow, but no tooling required. The technology still exists, though I don't know if anyone takes it seriously:

You could start selling your own chips, then get dissed in this newsgroup for not delivering. ;-)

IIRC, for a production run of a relatively low-tech chip you're looking at about the cost of a house, so it's actually doable by a small team or even an individual with moderate resources. But you'd better have at least one good customer to start, and not too many mistakes.

Be sure to call your company something that inspires confidence, like, oh, "Minim".

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

In message , dated Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Spehro Pefhany writes

Musical notes are a fruitful field in this context:

Semibreve Crotchet (perhaps not!) Quaver (!) Semiquaver....