Re: Tesla Coil Tuner and 555

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Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx 




In a message dated 5/22/05 12:56:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Terry,
Everyone bear witness! Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!!! It was
late and I had the printouts of the 2 schematics backwards. You are of
course correct in that you have pin #4 connected and the guys on the 555
site leave it off!

Somehow, you got my messages out of order as I sent you a post earlier,
that has already been posted, explaining that I finished the TCT and
everything is absolutely fine. I had even sent a post replying to Steve
Connor explaining my errors.

I have finally figured out where I got sidetracked. When I was looking
through my data sheets, I accidentally picked up the one for the LM555
instead of the one that came with my TLC555CP from TI, which is indeed a
CMOS IC. This is why my TCT works so well. I don't think it would have
functioned correctly if I had actually used an LM555.

All's well that ends well. Like I said in my previous post, the TCT works
like a champ and like you said, I probably know more about the venerable
555 IC than I would ever want to or need to know! One last comment, Terry,
would you consider adding a meter option to your TCT file? I think that
people other than me would find this easier to work with than the LED. Just
a thought. Regards.
Paul
Think Positive

Ave Paul,

Since it was obviously the first mistake of its kind ever made on this 
list, ;-)) I must say:
"Obsolvo te omnis transgressionum in nomine patri et fili, et spiritus 
sancti." Which ain't bad for someone who hasn't used Latin for 45+ years, 
and considering that most people on the Internet take great pride in not 
being able to spell in ANY language.


Vale,
Matt D.