Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #05064
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 08:00:22 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Something funny with the 1382 voltage triggers?
On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 JVernonM@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 7/6/99 1:48:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> chiumanfu@home.com writes:
>
> > On a related side note. I think we should shy away from
> > posting schematics showing the actual chip. Schematics should
> > show the individual inverters and components. Less rectangles,
> > more triangles.
>
> I disagree. The simpler, more obvious chip and component schematics are
> extremely popular.
They are good for drawing in the newbies who can't yet read a
proper schematic; but they're bad or even useless when you are
trying to understand the circuit.
Is there a way to have this cake and eat it? Sure. Publish proper
schematics *and* pcb layouts! Note that the layout can be used to
build on perforated board as well, you don't need a proper pcb. Or
you can even use the layout to guide free-forming.
> No, please lets not crank up the difficulty level
Indeed. Good pcb layouts to go with proper schematics would crank
*down* the difficulty level.
> because we think we are electronics professors.
BEAM to some extend glorifies knowing bugger-all about what you're
doing. Ratther silly, methinks.
Best,
Steve
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