Cyrusm:
I usually stick with a selection of basic logic gates from the 74 low-power shottky series. (I actually picked up my initial set from some college lab) I know that electronic goldmine (goldmine-elec.com) has a great selection of logic IC’s at low low prices (actually it’s just a great parts site all around) The great thing about these chips is that they are rugged, cheap, don’t use a terrible amount of power, and they are resistant to static.of course a whole pile of logic gate is equivalent to a couple lines of C/assembly in a micro, but to each their own
Yeah, I have no college lab set because I am 13 years old but e-goldmine sounds interesting and I will cheek it out!