Re: now in recovery

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:48:04 +0200, Rik Steenwinkel <rsteenw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:00:12 UTC, Scott Packard
<scottp@%hash%.usenet.us.com> persuaded newsservers all over the world
to carry the following:

} On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:58:06 +0200, Rik Steenwinkel wrote:
}
} > On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:23:25 UTC, Howard S Shubs <howard@xxxxxxxxx>
} > persuaded newsservers all over the world to carry the following:
} >
} > } In article <Ysd2q9KROUC1-pn2-iM8T5Btdgvc5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
} > } "Rik Steenwinkel" <rsteenw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
} > }
} > } > With the finishing touch provided by yours truly: the slow-blinking
} > } > 'run' LED.
} > }
} > } Sweet. Did it run on battery, or some kind of line power?
} >
} > Mains. I think I pressed a modem power brick into service, but it's at
} > least 0x10 years back. The blinking was courtesy of a 555.
}
} 555's don't blink symetrically, no matter how hard a friend
} wants one to.

They do. Just not in the canonical AMV reference circuit as presented by
all the datasheets on the 555.

A 555 connected to mains power is likely to only "blink" once.


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