Welp, after talking with some smart guys on forums.parallax.com, it looks like the Schmitt Trigger feature on the SX is going to allow me to get rid of my 74HC132 that I’ve spent at least a couple hours messing...
Archive - 2005
Ground issues
Although I’ve been attempting to have a common ground for this whole project — I’m not sure that is going to happen. At least not at this stage of the game. I tried connecting the ground off the floppy...
SX microcontroller with 74HC132
Here’s a picture of the prototype coming together. From the top down on the breadboard, you see a pull-up resistor, on the input that comes in on the yellow wire. The output comes out of the grey wire on the right...
Using a 74HC132E to square up the wave
A nice gentleman from sci.electronics.* newgroup suggested I use a 74HC132 on his web page here.[local copy] Below is the result of using this design, it worked perfectly. Only required one IC, one resistor, and one...
Current status updated
Current status updated I was originally going to use a Microchip PIC, but they are just too darn slow. I gave up on the idea of using the PIC as a one-chip solution, and tried to use it as just a clock generator feeding...
