No One Posts anymore?.

[lamazoid]

Those instructables, hackaday, and similar projects has good ideas in their base, but.. I think, they became STUPID nowadays.
They offer a behavior model "DO rather than THINK" and personally i don't like it.
With analogue projects like on this site, you really LEARN something about electronics, you learn to think in "electronics way"

The same thing with microcontroller "platforms" like Arduino (in Russia we call it "CONDOM-uino")
I really dont understand this approach to make "addons" on MCU's inventing "new" "simplified" programming languages. Yes that saves time for kids to make a LED flashers, but also makes REALLY hard to understand MCU architecture as it is. I call it, "learning words before ABC"

[scenmed]

I have been checking out circuits from your site to build with my home-schooled daughter and we enjoy many helpful forum comments. Would be too bad if this wealth of info disappeared! Keep it going as long as
is feasibly possible. We are big fans! Thank you Gary and all that keep it interesting.

[Gary Lecomte]

I Like to see people Learn stuff and think about various applications that can be achieved buy combining circuits. Some of my circuits are Building Block that can be added to other things.

And it is nice to see people understanding simple Pricipals like OHMS LAW.

Projects like Arduino and other Microprocessors don't really teach any basic electronics.
And most of what I see on the internet are PRE-Designed Applications including the Programming codes.
I do agree they have there place and can create simple solutions for some problems.
But My Brain doesn't work in such Programming.

I Doubt an Arduino would add any Bennifit to an Electric Fence or many other things.

I have seen a few guys Modify my Metal Detector using a Microprocessor.
It made it a Smaller PCB, But they Lost some other bennifets of Analogue control.

[scenmed]

Gary - So that I may better comprehend the differences between what you refer to as analog vs. digital would you give me an overview of examples. What I mean is, some of your projects use (digital?) chips such as 555's and the like. When you refer to analog do you mean a circuit not requiring code to be input? Are boards such as Arduino or Raspberry Pi digital for this reason whereas a CD4011 or CD4069 are now considered analog? Do you program your 555 or 556 chips? Sorry about the newbie question...just in need of clarification so I can better grasp your posts. Thank you.

[Gary Lecomte]

A 555 is Not a Digital IC.
It is an Analogue Oscillator or Timer.
But Yes it can be used in some digital applications.

Yes the 4000 Series of C-Mos are mainly for digital, and yes I do some designing with them.
They are sort of a transition between Analogue and digital, and some of them can do both Analogue and Digital Functions.

I Do NOT do any Designs that Require PROGRAMMING!
YES, Devices require "CODE Input" as is needed for any types of Microprocessors.)

[zadmiral]

Well I posted...but did not get any answers..My ship is a huge project,,,with a myriad of homebuilt electronic needs.

[ve3coj]

Apr 1, 2014 14:14:16 GMT -8 Gary Lecomte said:

Seems very few Registered members are looking and a lot of non-members are looking.
But Seldom anyone posts.

I Think it is time to Close this forum.

Ahhh I just discovered this site and did build the 723 current limiting / voltage adjusting circuit.
I hope you don't shut it down, at least for while.... but it's typical of clubs and past interests declining because it is so easy to text or email or surf anymore
people don't go to groups to hear what others are doing. also some of us old guys are not so active. 

At 78 I keep building stuff to get the young guys interested in soldering up a project or two. I intend to pass this great site along to club members (barc.ca)
and see what turns their crank. So don't dump the site yet Gary.

Enjoy the rest of your holiday... it's a great place to visit and I want to return there again soon.