Thanks! Good to know others have been down the same path. Bob On Tue, Sep 9, 2014, at 04:48 PM, William Chops Westfield wrote: >=20 > >> Curious if anyone has abused 74AC series logic in a way I am suggestin= g. >=20 > The BEAM Robotics people abuse all sorts of logic families, and generally > recommend AC logic as being able to provide high driver currents for > motor drivers, while recommending HC logic for slightly lower power > consumption in "logic" circuits. >=20 > http://www.beam-wiki.org/wiki/74HC/HCT_vs.74AC/ACT >=20 > BillW --=20 http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .