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Mike Hankey21-Jun-18 7:30
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Kirill Illenseer21-Jun-18 20:21
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The question isn't as philosophical. You named several practical aspects of the decision yourself and with practical aspects, it's not philisophical.

My personal choice would be an MCU. Nowadays, those things are cheap and you said yourself that this would be way more flexible. Plus, that's the way the big boys do it, less albeit more complex chip. On the other hand, if the setup is supposed to be (at least somewhat) educational, dicrete ICs are way superior as one can see what's connected to what (a shift register to a counter because of reason X) and an oscilloscope can be used to monitor the workings of the machine. With a programmed MCU, it's "signals go in, signals go out, here's the spec".
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