Greetings All!
Am new to the board and would like to ask 2 questions. Does anyone remember back when Heathkit actually made kits?! What's up with that? I used to rely on their kits for several projects I did. They were well built, well documented and I learned alot from them! Oh well... is there anyone following in their footsteps?
Question number 2... I am in the process of building a test bay for some equipment we manufacture. We have to electronically "tune" each piece, and I have inherited a test bay with simpson panel meters and a radio-shack built test-jig that simply serves to switch pin voltages to the "test jig" meter. I'd like to replace the test-jig and switch with three more panel meters and just read the voltages simultaneously. The idea is to simplify the test, and get rid of a possible point of failure. I need to find a good simple plan for a digital volt meter (dc - low volts and ac low volts) that I can build cheaper than adding 3 new simpson panel meters. I also need these to be calibratable (I have a calibrated, NIST traceable Fluke, and will use it to calibrate the panel meters). Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
rick@kasparek.com
Am new to the board and would like to ask 2 questions. Does anyone remember back when Heathkit actually made kits?! What's up with that? I used to rely on their kits for several projects I did. They were well built, well documented and I learned alot from them! Oh well... is there anyone following in their footsteps?
Question number 2... I am in the process of building a test bay for some equipment we manufacture. We have to electronically "tune" each piece, and I have inherited a test bay with simpson panel meters and a radio-shack built test-jig that simply serves to switch pin voltages to the "test jig" meter. I'd like to replace the test-jig and switch with three more panel meters and just read the voltages simultaneously. The idea is to simplify the test, and get rid of a possible point of failure. I need to find a good simple plan for a digital volt meter (dc - low volts and ac low volts) that I can build cheaper than adding 3 new simpson panel meters. I also need these to be calibratable (I have a calibrated, NIST traceable Fluke, and will use it to calibrate the panel meters). Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
rick@kasparek.com