Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #03142



To: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Dave Hrynkiw dave@solarbotics.com
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:55:42 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: SMD SE


At 03:14 AM 5/10/1999 , Steven Bolt wrote:
>Wouldn't it be more elegant to trigger a monostable, instead of a
>latch with an off-level? That way you get a timed pulse, and reset
>would be achieved if the voltage dropped enough to unset the 1381,
>instead of all the way to 0.7V or so.

Yup, it would! But the SunDancer was kit number...3? There wasn't that much
alternate circuits developed at that point. But yes, a monostable would be
preferable in this application.

-Dave
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