I must say I am kinda surprised and disappointed at how few " 4000 " TEA pictures we got, was expecting much more than that !
However... I am not worried the slightest bit about the 100.000th post, it will trigger a tsunami of pics !!! Can't wait to see what people will come up with !
EDIT : OH no fuck me, it's me again and I did NOT even do it on purpose !! It's all your fault, posting while I was composing this very message !!!
Now I am under an obligation to come up with a 100.000 TEA pic and I just don't have the technical means to do it !
Not that it's relevant now it's long past 100k (passed by while I was at work), but doesn't your Metrix counter have a manual count function? i.e. you could display any number, up to the limit from the number of digits available.
David
Hey yes that's an idea !
The meter is a bit convoluted / awkward to use... had to dig out the user manual to understand how to set all teh switches to get it to count, and what to do with the 2 dedicated gates/inputs and their associated switches..... Manual of course was burried at the very bottom of big plastic box full of stuff, had to empty it all all over the place just to get to the manual, thank you very much !
Well, so it turns out I can just press a button to count pulses... I need to feed one of the gates / inputs with a clean digital pulse start/stop signal, into a 50ohm BNC. So not exactly the most convenient of things for manual operation !
So I need to DIY something to that effect... bread board, a switch, power supply, and some debouncing circuitry. Doubt a simple RC circuit would be reliable enough, so would have to add a Schmitt trigger but how I don't know... will have to search through my collection of TTL chips, maybe there is a Schmitt trigger gate somewhere... or roll my own with an op-amp, if no other choice.
Anyway need to sort it all out but definitely want to do it, so stay tuned ! Hopefully the pulse counting functionality of that counter works at all ! I have no idea since I never used it before ! Let's say it does work, crossing fingers....