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- From: pnadj@ee.ubc.ca (NADJ PAUL)
- Subject: LED "Power-indicators"
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.080532.20568@ee.ubc.ca>
- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 08:05:32 GMT
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- I would like to build an LED indicator display similar to the ones found
- on stero systems (flashing lights to measure power output). The panel I
- plan to build would have several banks of LEDs for several different
- frequencies.
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- ........ 100 Hz
- ........ 1 kHz
- ........ 10 kHz
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- (maybe a few more banks).
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- My question is this: how do I get only one LED to light up when there is
- minimal power, and then two when there is some more, and then three when...
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- This seems SOOOOO trivial but I can't figure it out. Maybe I should sleep
- on it some more. Anyhow, I plan to use a condenser mic for input so I
- don't have to "steal" power from my speakers. Is this necessary in your
- opinions. The condenser has the advantage of making the device usable
- for other things, though.
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- Also, if anyone has some neat ideas for fancy flashing light displays
- (or something of the like) I would be interested in hearing about them.
-
- --Paul
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