Timeline for Advantages on using a function generator against a multi-pulse generator by using a 555
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| Oct 29, 2015 at 11:18 | answer | added | Olin Lathrop | timeline score: 5 | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 11:16 | comment | added | user3780731 | Yeah, I thought that. It was way more straightforward to do it with the function generator. But I was just thinking if there was any advantage on using the other. I see it was just a matter of learning experience of working with a 555. | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 11:13 | comment | added | PlasmaHH | Well, why do professors tell people to do things? To learn about them... | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 11:11 | comment | added | R Drast | I agree with Nick. There really is no advantage at all in testing something to designing and building an inferior circuit when a piece of lab equipment is available. | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 11:05 | comment | added | Nick Johnson | Beyond the learning experience of working with a 555, I can't see any reason it'd be advantageous over using a function generator. | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 10:51 | history | asked | user3780731 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |