[Swlug] Further interesting calculations

[Colin Law]

Use a digital timer, not analogue.
I don't know if you can get a Hat with timers on it. Probably you can.

Colin

On Thu, 1 Jun 2023, 22:36 Rhys Sage via Swlug, <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
wrote:

> What you say makes a lot of sense. A hardware solution probably would be
> best. It would probably be simpler to charge a capacitor and discharge it
> through the LEDs via a resistor. It would have the advantage of being a
> very small capacitor too. I already have the timer module. BUT I would
> still like to have a bash at this using a microprocessor.
>
> I was just reading about overclocking the Pi Pico and wondering about
> trying that. Apparently the ESP32 is really good for clock control. I have
> one on the way. It might be here on the 5th which would be really helpful
> as my job winds down tomorrow. It's probably time I sought something better
> but I have to say I do enjoy the summers free. Maybe here, maybe in another
> country.
>
> Rhys Sage
>
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