Re: Turning a light on and off with momentary switch

From: John Fields (jfields_at_austininstruments.com)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:11:05 -0600

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:12:59 -0500, "Peter Michelson"
<pete77r@hotmail.com> wrote:

>> Yes, a flip-flop would do it and someone is sure to suggest a PIC, both
>> requiring a fair amount of extra components to actually work. Have you
>> looked for alternate action switches or relays? It would run your
>> lights and not require a degree to get it to work.
>> Glenn Gundlach
>>
>
>Is that because flip-flops require capacitors to store state information? 

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No.
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>I would be interested to know the minimum complement of components necessary
>to support a single flip-flop. 
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Just one, the driver.
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>information (?)
>
>I have a similar request as the original poster.  I would like to use a
>momentary switch to cycle among three LEDs.  Is the circuit design for this
>using flip-flops complex? 
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If you have to ask...  Simple for me might be impossible for you, but
you haven't yet described what it is you expect the momentary switch
to do. 
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>Is there an easier way to generate the same functionality? 
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What _functionality_?
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>It seems that there must be some ICs out there that provide
>this kind of functionality out of the box.  Does anyone know of any?
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Pretty much any µC...
-- 
John Fields

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