Re: What is the quintessential Apple II?

[Roger Johnstone <roger@roger.geek.nz.removethisbit>]

In <1168845439.992428.139160@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com> mdj wrote:
> 
> Roger Johnstone wrote:
>> 
>> We made a new board with a single 8-pin micro on it which performed 
>> both functions. The resistor for the variable time is read by the 
>> micro charging up a capacitor, then timing how long it takes to 
>> discharge it through the resistor. I'm surprised no-one thought of 
>> doing that before ; o)
> 
> I must admit the smallest uC I've used is a 16 pin device which had 
> the benefit of 3 analog inputs, so a pot wired as a voltage divider is 
> the only hardware required.

I recently used the Microchip PIC10F200 in a project. It's a 6-pin 
microcontroller in an SOT-23 package. Two pins for the power supply, 
four for I/O. Unless you look closely they look like just another 
surface mount transistor.

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