tony van roon

12.04.08

Pumpkin Pumping Time

By Dave Prochnow Posted 10.24.2007 at 5:48 pm 1 Comment

Back in the halcyon days of electronics publishing (aka the mid-1970s), the venerable Forrest M. Mims III printed a complex circuit in one of his notebooks that is an ideal pumpkin stuffer. The back and forth flasher circuit was based on the powerful combination of a 74154 4-line to 16-line decoder IC and a 74193 4-bit up-down counter IC. When properly built and installed inside a pumpkin, the results can be, as described by Mims, visually appealing. If youd like to try your hand at building this circuit, but cant find a vintage Mims notebook, Tony van Roon has reprinted this circuit online. And any intrepid experimenters who have photos of this circuit, please post your pics links in our comments section.

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