Many people seem to like this chip which hasn't be manufactured for some time. Jameco Electronics has them on clearance. This may be the last opportunity to get them from a reputable source.
I have some of NI's original modules give away as engineering samples. They had on-board bar graph array on a small PCB. I was never sure if it was intended to be a product (as a module) or just an engineering sample of the LM3914. It came with its own datasheet and voltage (sense) input.
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Easy to do this with a processor with an A/D. Most of the 3914/3915
features. And do many more segments. A little less LED current.
Even though 3914/15 say current regulated its not very precise or
matched. Easy to implement various modes like moving segment,
or moving blank segment, or even variable gap.....
Easy to do this with a processor with an A/D. Most of the 3914/3915
features. And do many more segments. A little less LED current.
Even though 3914/15 say current regulated its not very precise or
matched. Easy to implement various modes like moving segment,
or moving blank segment, or even variable gap.....
Maybe with the LM3914 but the LSBs get a bit wonky with only 8 or 10bits of ADC resolution if you try to simulate the Log scale output of the LM3916 or LM3915.
You sound like you actually expect it to work when you get it. Happiness is when expectations match reality. I don't see happiness in your future if you order one.
Maybe with the LM3914 but the LSBs get a bit wonky with only 8 or 10bits of ADC resolution if you try to simulate the Log scale output of the LM3916 or LM3915.
Yes at 8 - 10 bits but we have processors now regular doing 12, and no shortage of
choices now to 20 bits. And 10 outputs is not exactly a precision way of representing
enough resolution for precision representation of a signal.
Visiting TI’s web page, the LM3914 is nowadays only manufactured in a PLCC package.
The DIP package is gone, although one might still find some NOS stock.
A little more than 54 years ago I bought some modules made by National Semi with an LM3915 chip in a "blob on board" and a strip of 10 dim red LEDs.
I have an LM3915 in a microphone circuit I made with 20 LEDs and a circuit adding 20dB to it. It shows the sound levels in my living room and has been there for at least 24 years.
A little more than 54 years ago I bought some modules made by National Semi with an LM3915 chip in a "blob on board" and a strip of 10 dim red LEDs.
I have an LM3915 in a microphone circuit I made with 20 LEDs and a circuit adding 20dB to it. It shows the sound levels in my living room and has been there for at least 24 years.
I hope you enjoy your VU display and have fun putting your kit together. Auto baud detection from 300 baud to 57.6k baud. A 1-pin sigma delta?. Parallax Propeller DEMO code for digital operation: Download.
Hi Beau.
It is interesting to see that you made a VU meter circuit and are selling a kit with it.
When I was working, all my prototype circuits were sold at high prices and the only reward I got was a shaver for saving a huge company (Philips) thousands of dollars.
I also purchased a MA1026 LED clock kit from Digikey. This module was similar to the models gophert showed above, but with an additional LM334 one could add a thermometer option.
I had it for over 10 years, and then gave it to an engineering student.