What people "should" know

From: Eric J. Korpela <korpela_at_ssl.berkeley.edu>
Date: Thu Oct 25 12:43:58 2001

>
> > There is, I'm sure, a place for one-shots, but they've been abused so
> > often it's
> > hard to remember what that might have been.
> >
> Power on reset - before the clocks have safely started. PONG, an inspired
> use
> of monostables. Watchdog timers, sync fail detectors, three shot lockouts
> ....

They are also quite useful anywhere that noise from a clock would cause
problems.

Eric
Received on Thu Oct 25 2001 - 12:43:58 BST

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