[COLUG] Offtopic: Hardware Hacker List?: Limits of 555 timer

[jep200404]

I wrote:

> Josh wrote:
> 
> > ..., each pulse being less than ten 
> > nanoseconds wide.  I know how to design such a beast using discrete 
> > components (i.e. 555 timer, ...

> 10 ns pulses are rather quick. 
> 
> My first thought is that 10 ns is aggressive for a 555 timer. 

According to http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/gadgets/555/555.html, 
"The lower limit is 10uS.". 

Jim