#garfield Logs

Apr 22 2012

21:11 katsmeow-afk 60 cent 16bit 16mhz chips : http://avnetexpress.avnet.com/store/em/EMController/Microcontroller/Texas-Instruments/MSP430F2011IN/_/R-4243501/A-4243501/An-0?action=part&catalogId=500201&langId=-1&storeId=500201&listIndex=-1
21:12 katsmeow-afk i think TI wants to push atmel away
21:24 katsmeow-afk [21:13] <katsmeow-afk> ok, just chasing down one MSP430 with a hardware multiplier, the MSP430F1611
21:24 katsmeow-afk [21:13] <katsmeow-afk> , it's over $12 per chip
21:28 katsmeow-afk http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2012/04/22/university-of-florida-eliminates-computer-science-department-increases-athletic-budgets-hmm/
21:28 katsmeow-afk [21:16] <katsmeow-afk> no money in smart computers, no one wants to spend money on them, they pay for the roman arena model of entertainment
21:36 tsmeow-afk goes back to breathing pvc f
22:05 katsmeow-afk ok, ready for pressure test, need plumbing donw outside to do next
23:52 rue_house iamturnip, http://eds.dyndns.org/~ircjunk/circuits/captester.jpg
23:52 rue_house do ask things
23:54 tsmeow-afk asked a queston and you didn't an
23:55 katsmeow-afk actually, if you could use the 555's current source ramp generator, you'd have a better , more accurate capacitance meter