Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jeroen Belleman Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling,rec.arts.tv,uk.comp.sys.mac,edm.general,sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Genocide Joe is beginning to stink like Lyndon B. Johnson Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 22:16:53 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <663beb6f$0$8094$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <57vn3jh7rj8avvop51ocgcqt2697gbe01o@4ax.com> <663c0d82$0$8477$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <1dbo3jd021lv1j79d8c1mn375dtqneb1io@4ax.com> <663c4480$0$6430$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <663cebc4$0$7065$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 22:14:58 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="313c12dc5e429b08943f7c6a7472f74e"; logging-data="914614"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/TuKsRLisOfGr1qvvWRDRT" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.13.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:BQA94n5vCxnIblZIuMfnWyQoyo8= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3315 On 5/9/24 19:38, john larkin wrote: > On Thu, 9 May 2024 19:09:14 +0200, Jeroen Belleman > wrote: > >> On 5/9/24 17:29, bitrex wrote: >>> On 5/9/2024 10:06 AM, John Larkin wrote: >>> >>>>> And I can integrate some other functions, too. Look at all the fun parts >>>>> you get for 40 cents in small quantity. These things have been solid >>>>> money-makers for me so far >>>>> >>>> >>>> People keep re-inventing the "analog FPGA" but none seem to have been >>>> successful. There must be some deep fundamental reason why. >>> >>> More briefly, asynchronous mixed-signal design can be annoying as you've >>> probably experienced. Have to even more carefully consider timings and >>> race conditions, the lull between clock edges can't save you. >> >> I *like* to use asynchronous state machines in my designs from >> time to time. It's not really so different from synchronous >> design, and it's a natural solution in many situations. It's >> just that setup and hold times apply to more inputs than just >> a clock. >> >> Jeroen Belleman > > Most of us did async logic when we were kids, before we found out > about proper state machines and metastability and such. > > There are occasional fads for async logic (Intel had one) but they > don't seem to stick either. > > People manage to screw up synchronous state machines too! > > I recently did a box full of GigaComm picosecond logic, async of > course. A laser modulator. It got us a VIP tour of NIF, with free > lunch. > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/m8zc7g56jul39d0/NIF_Tour-Highland%20Tech%20group%20photo%20TC.jpg?raw=1 > Nice. Which one is you? Jeroen Belleman