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mickent
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| OT << Circuit Cellar Mag prices >> |
 Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 12:39 pm |
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I received a renewal offer from CC mag for $50 per year and replied with "no way in HELL"
I then received a special 25th year offer of $52.50 for three years.
Just a warning for you CC fans.
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temtronic
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 12:49 pm |
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I was an original subscriber, got the first 100+ issues,then lost interest when 'surface mounted ' stuff became 'popular' and I couldn't see the itty bitty chips let alone wirewrap them !!
Heck even the C compiler was a big step for me as I always used assembler for the 16C84 and 16C71 chips with 'windows'. |
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asmboy
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Location: albany ny
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 12:56 pm |
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I always used assembler for....
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My first dozen paid projects
but with the ease of use of CCS - no going back now.
I can't remember a single circuit idea i ever adopted from mags CircCellar or Elektor that - but i imagine they are a godsend to young circuit designers. |
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gpsmikey
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Location: Kirkland, WA
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:15 pm |
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I still subscribe to CC and love the mag. I do understand how the prices have gone up though. Got my last issue of Embedded Systems Design - they are no longer in print. Several interesting articles in it addressing the advertising income and how that all worked (or fell apart). One of the things they were walking about was how places like Wind River (RTOS) bought up/out the competition so what happens is instead of 6 different firms buying full page ads for their RTOS, now only Wind River is there and the ad revenue drops out the bottom. One of the realities of the internet and life these days. While I may not have actually adapted any designs from CC, it has inspired a few of my own - like the one for the homebrew temperature control system - played a significant part in the idea I had for the microprocessor controlled hummingbird feeder heater (they hang around the Seattle area in winter and of course it requires a microprocessor controlled heater to keep it from freezing when we get the cold snaps (programmed in C with the CCS compiler of course).
mikey
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bkamen
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Location: Central Illinois, USA
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:44 pm |
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| temtronic wrote: | I was an original subscriber, got the first 100+ issues,then lost interest when 'surface mounted ' stuff became 'popular' and I couldn't see the itty bitty chips let alone wirewrap them !!
Heck even the C compiler was a big step for me as I always used assembler for the 16C84 and 16C71 chips with 'windows'. |
SMT isn't that bad -- the tools are just different and you really need PCB layout software of some sort.
One can make some pretty kick butt stuff with SMT -- provided soldering techniques/tools are current and soldering skills are proficient.
buying a hot-air wand for SMT is about $100 these days. Except for BGA's, you'd pretty much be set to go.
-Ben
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