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When you look at the cost of this ($199), you start to appreciate microprocessors and moore's law from the cost per transistor on a chip.
by Zenst 7y ago
When you look at the cost of this ($199), you start to appreciate microprocessors and moore's law from the cost per transistor on a chip.
- ChuckMcM 7y agoFirst, I think this is a pretty cool site and I'm happy to see someone creating this sort of geeky "techno-art." As for price, it is clearly not component cost driven. Size for sure, but not price. The "TTL" clock is only $164 (not big discount), the Surface Mount one is $64 which is a bigger delta. You can buy all the component parts for the transistor clock for about $20 from bulk suppliers. The most expensive part are the displays. It would be fun to try different designs to see if you could minimize components and improve accuracy. [1] http://www.kabtronics.com/orderpage/index.html http://www.kabtronics.com/orderpage/index.html