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MetroMPG · 04-15-2009, 06:05 PM

I'm not married to the 555 route. I just read about them once (blinking LED project), saw the word "timer"... And if the only tool you've read about is a hammer...

I have basic experience with the 'duino, and everything needed to program its chip to put it in an iDuino. Would that work in place of pic/avr? (Are they effectively the same thing?)

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