'William Chops" Westfield ' The electronics magazine "design idea" columns (where readers send in > circuits for possible publication and glory and token payment) have > been publishing the most amazing collections of analog and discrete > circuitry recently, to accomplish things that really seem like they > should have been trivially implemented on a micro. I don't get it. > (example: Yeah, the days where all electronic problems could supposedly be solved wit= h 555 timers, 741 opamps, and 2N222A and 2N3055 transistors are long gone. ******************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .