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献给555定时器的一首诗

2018-08-24 15:35:41 Max Maxfield 阅读:
若你是一名电子工程师,有些数字会让你刻骨铭心,比如4004和8051。当然,还有一个让我们所有人都恋恋不忘的数字是555。我们中有许多人都对555有着浓厚的感情,其中有些人又比其他人更感兴趣。例如,我的朋友Daniel B. Levine就给我发了以下这首诗。

若你是一名电子工程师,有些数字会让你刻骨铭心,比如4004(世界上首款商用微处理器芯片)和8051(如果不是首款,那肯定是早期微控制器中最受欢迎之一)。0ajednc

当然,还有一个让我们所有人都恋恋不忘的数字,那就是555。它是Signetics定时器集成电路(IC)命名所采用的数字,由Hans R. Camenzind于1971年设计并于1972年上市。它包括25个晶体管、两个二极管和15个电阻器,并利用到了一些巧妙的设计技术,例如用直接内部电阻来代替外部恒流源——Hans设法将此555塞入到8引脚的封装中。0ajednc

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第一代Signetics NE555(来源:Stefan506)0ajednc

555有三种主要工作模式:单稳态(单次触发)、双稳态(施密特触发器)和无稳态(自激振荡)。555的多功能性,加上其低廉的价格、易用性和稳定性,使得很多人至今仍在使用它。多年来,电子爱好者和专业工程师们已经用这个“小滑头”开发了成千上万的应用。0ajednc

我们中有许多人都对555有着浓厚的感情,其中有些人又比其他人更感兴趣。例如,我的朋友Daniel B. Levine(danielblevine.com)——EEWeb上“Raster Scam: An Unconventional History of Computer Graphics”一文的作者——就给我发了以下这首诗:0ajednc

Ode to a 555 Timer (by Daniel B. Levine) (求大神翻译!)

Thou still unravish’d bride of analog design,0ajednc
Thou foster-child of biplanar process and time,0ajednc
Neither engineer nor poet escapes the seduction0ajednc
Of the perfection of your monolithic construction.0ajednc
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You quicken the pulse, our composure you savage0ajednc
When our gaze falls upon your eight-pin, dual inline package.0ajednc
Or a milspec’d can, for space, sea or air,0ajednc
Or the romantic 556—entwined as a loving pair.0ajednc
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Triple six may well be the mark of the beast,0ajednc
But the angels beamed when the triple five was released.0ajednc
You discharge to the world a positive supply0ajednc
Of square waves as your output toggles twixt low and high.0ajednc
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Your fame unsurpassed, your reputation a tower,0ajednc
There’s even a CMOS version for circuits with low power.0ajednc
Though in this configuration noise is a struggle,0ajednc
So always include a capacitor to decouple.0ajednc
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You switch without bounce, dividing a frequency,0ajednc
Or modulating a pulse, all monostable-ly.0ajednc
You compare with hysteresis, ignoring any hater 0ajednc
Jealous of your bistable multivibrator.0ajednc
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Your duty cycle’s variable, your comparator’s exacting,0ajednc
Who knew astable oscillation could be so relaxing?0ajednc
With every trigger we reset our faith anew,0ajednc
And though you may flip-flop, we forever stay true.0ajednc
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You’re in every expert’s kit, and every student’s primer,0ajednc
You stand, without peer, as the world’s favorite timer.0ajednc
So say we all as long as engineering remains alive,0ajednc
I think that I shall never spy a poem as lovely as a 555.0ajednc

我必须承认这首诗给我带来了乐趣。它还让我想起了Evil Mad Scientist网站上的The Three Fives Kit(555套件)。0ajednc

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555套件(来源:evilmadscientist.com)0ajednc

这款套件极具美感,是采用分立晶体管和电阻器搭建的经典NE555定时器的功能性复制品(左下角显示了真实的555芯片用于比较)。0ajednc

这款555定价为35美元,它配备了接线柱,用户可以连接它,用它来构建基于555的经典定时器和振荡器电路(网上提供有大量此类电路,如:《50个555电路集锦https://forum.mianbaoban.cn/topic/65468_1_1.html)。0ajednc

由此我也产生了一个想法。猜猜看我在想什么?0ajednc

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  • So say we all as long as engineering remains alive,
    I think that I shall never spy a poem as lovely as a 555.
  • 漂亮
  • ode to Hans R. Camenzind
  • 555比我都大了
  • 是不是也搞一套板子让大伙可以感受555电路的重要性!
Max Maxfield
EEWeb主编。Max为EE Times的Designlines栏目提供内容,涵盖可编程逻辑、微控制器单元和原型设计。 多年来,他设计了从硅芯片到电路板,脑波放大器到蒸汽朋克“Display-O-Meters”的所有产品。 他拥有英国谢菲尔德谢菲尔德哈勒姆大学的控制工程学士学位。
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