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Re: [200e] Pulses and Gates

2008-10-29 by ezra buchla

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 3:04 PM, joe Pascarell <buchlajoe@yahoo.com> wrote:
> while we are on the subject of pulses , ezra , will i damage my 200e using
> it with pulses from my 100? I believe the pulses on the 100 are in the 15
> volt range ...

probably not a good idea, usually the pulses are read straight into a
microprocessor

> --- On Wed, 10/29/08, ezra buchla <ezra.buchla@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: ezra buchla <ezra.buchla@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [200e] Pulses and Gates
> To: 200e@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 4:44 PM
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>> I understand Buchla does pulses and gates differently than other mfg's.
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> the 200e uses a short (<10ms) onset pulse at 10v, and a 5v sustain
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> level, similar to 200 series but not always identical.
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>> I've never paid to much attention to the differences and have just gone
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>> about my business. I now plan on using a simple analog computer with
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>> my 200e
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> should be very straightforward
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> and I want to make sure that I understand the pulse and gate
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>> differences. At the very least, I have heard that "Buchla modules
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>> trigger on the falling edge of a gate." I'm not sure if that is true.
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> that should not be true. if it happens, it is a bug; i've had sporadic
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> reports of this but nothing specific enough for me to attempt to
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