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- From: whit@carson.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: digital clock for circuit
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.071254.29582@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 07:12:54 GMT
- Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov18.071254.29582
- References: <1992Nov17.180205.19383@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov17.180205.19383@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> bruce@coos.dartmouth.edu (Bruce K. Johnson) writes:
- >Hello all.
- >
- >I have a question about making a clock for my circuit. First, let me give
- >you a background --- I'm making an A to D data aquisition box for the MAC's
- >serial port. I'm using an ADC0831 chip and want to time it as well as provide
- >an external clock signal for the MAC's handshake line (the MAC can only run its
- >serial interface at a top speed of 57900 BAUD internally, therfore, if I want
- >to run say a 22 KHZ sample rate, I need a much faster ext clock...)
-
- The upper limit on the Mac serial port is 239 kbaud, NOT 57.9k.
- You are perhaps speaking of the upper limit of some particular
- piece of software?
- In fact, with external clocking the Mac can take up to 4 Mbaud
- in synchronous-input mode. Depending on the model, it might not
- always keep up with the input data at that rate, of course.
-
- >Anyway, I originally started off with an oscillator and a decade counter to
- >get the two clock signals ...
-
- >This costs too much. My project is for use by students in a Physics class
- >and must be relatively inexpensive for them to purchase. I then turned to
- >using a 556 timer to get two clock signals with one chip (a .70 cents chip
- >compared to a 1.70 osc + other stuff). The 556 is capable of providing
- >a stable signal for the 22KHZ clock but not for the 220>KHZ clock.
- >
- >Is there another cheap alternative to making two clock signals or can I make
- >the 556 (two 555 on one chip) produce a more stable signal at these high speeds?
-
- A variety of '555-equivalents are available. What you
- want is an ICM7556 or similar CMOS timer chip, if the straight
- NE556 is too slow for your preferred clock rate.
-
- In fact, you can make astable or gated clock generators from
- CMOS Schmitt triggers (74HC14 or 74HC132), for even less money.
-
- John Whitmore
-