From: Jeremy Meisel <j-meisel_at_avoiding.spam>
Date: Tue May 13 2008 - 00:15:29 CDT

('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is) Yes, without the resistor, the output of the button floats high. This way it is low unless it is
pressed in which case it is high.

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On Tue, 13 May 2008 12:06:26 am CDT "Maureen Gilmour" wrote:

So the sequence should go Vdd => Button => 510 resistor => 330 resistor =>
capacitor, then ground, + Schmitt Trigger inverter?

--Maureen

On 5/13/08, Jeremy Meisel <j-meisel@law.northwestern.edu> wrote:
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> Try a pull down (510) resistor on the button before the 330 that leads to
> the capacitor.
>
> Jeremy
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> On Mon, 12 May 2008 11:48:52 pm CDT "Maureen Gilmour" wrote:
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> Does anyone know how to hook up the button? I've got power going into one
> end of the button, a resistor coming out of the other end, and then a
> capacitor attached to the same place as the other end of the resistor.
> Also, the line running to the Schmitt Trigger Inverter is coming from the
> same place as the other end of the resistor and one end of the capacitor.
> Is this wrong? My circuit doesn't work like this, and I've checked my
> wiring everywhere else.
>
> --Maureen
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