Just for fun, here's another output method.  I found a "hobby servo"
intended for large model aircraft or boats, that swings through 180 degrees
in under a second.  It has "holding torque" so strong it's hard to force a
pointer mounted on the servo to move when it's stopped.

So I ran this with a microcontroller and made a meter reader out of it.  Has
a tactile dial with moving pointer.

Again, because Smith-Kettlewell had no ability to make more than a
prototype, that's all I could do.

But having a real tactile moving pointer meter was a ball.  Yes it worked
fine across a VSWR meter.

Lest you think the servo was expensive, it cost about $13.00. and outside of
the braille dial and custom pointer, I doubt there were over $30.00  in
parts in the project.  But to build themin small quantities would be pretty
high cost.

Tom Fowle WA6IVG



On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 07:51:27AM -0700, Butch Bussen wrote:
> I agree, I want one that talks.  I've never liked nor been comfortable 
> with cw.  Learned it enough to pas the test and that is it.  For those 
> of you who love it, wonderful, not all of us are.  Give me one that 
> talks!!
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015, kd8ase wrote:
> 
> > BlankWell it looks like I stirred up a real hornets nest...
> > So I figure I would add this, I am looking for the "talking meters" I have =
> > no problem with the CW readout as it were but I want one that talks just be=
> > cause I like to hear a voice..
> > Maybe it's something internal due to my loss of sight I don't know and am n=
> > ot going to go looking.
> > You all have a great day, maybe next time I won't stirr up quite such a mes=
> > s.
> > 73, Brian McFadden, KD8ASE
> >
> >
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