Re: How to count pulses per second ?

ehsjr wrote:
In the time you've all been talking about this, he could have done
it by now by buying a cheap PIC programmer, a couple of PICs, and
visiting the piclist a few dozen times.

No. He (the OP) said it would be a big learning curve.

PIC's are great, but how is it that the "PIC crowd"
always comes in with the same mantra "he could have done
it with a PIC in a few hours" or similar, yet we never
see a PIC solution offered by them?

Could it be that the OP never wants to see one? The circuit for this using
a PIC is a joke, the code is the real work effort. If the OP doesn't want
to use a PIC, why should someone write code?

Take a look at the huge number of helpful answers on
this newsgroup and others from John Fields. He posts
complete, solid solutions with schematics & identified
parts values. He doesn't just say, "you could do that
with an electronic circuit" and walk away.

If the "PIC crowd" wants to promote PIC solutions, show
them.

I'm sorry, I can't seem to find your solution here.

In the time *you've* been following the thread, John has
already designed and posted a hardware solution. You

Several in fact, most don't work or meet the OP requirements, but I guess
that doesn't matter because it didn't involve a PIC.

haven't - no one from the PIC crowd has. If it's so
damn easy that a "PIC newbie" like the OP can do it with
a few hours work, then one has to wonder why experienced
PICers can't/don't/won't come up with something. Lord
knows there's plenty of opportunities. Fields has proven
that by posting solutions over and over and over again
countless times to a wide variety of questions. The

Too bad that he's such an offensive person. If he wasn't in everyone's
killfile, more people might appreciate his efforts.

"PIC crowd" has made comments. As to providing solutions,
they are dead silent. You guys want to take what you
see as tantamount to "the moral high ground" with your
"use a PIC" chant, then arrogantly walk away, offering
nothing. When you start providing practical solutions
your words will take on weight. Otherwise, they are
smokescreen that may look good, but is without substance.

Ed

Yet another PIC hater speaks. Same old mantra: learning curve, PIC crowd,
no help, rah rah rah. And where is your schematic showing how to do it the
Rube Goldberg way? I've posted PIC code here before, have you? IOW, until
you offer up more than rhetoric, you're no better than "us". When have you
seen a poster ask for the code and a "PIC lover" just blew them off?


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