THE AD 9851 GENERATOR

[jimtylee]

Hi all,
Just bought the AD9851 Generator.....works great....can i use it with a seperate keypad ???? as the buttons are so small.......also do you have any idea where a can obtain a box/case for the generator ...my days of filing out readout apertures are past now..... hope i posted this in the correct place
thanks jim

 

[picbits]

The AD9851 is a single chip. I assume you've bought a ready made board / controller / PCB or something ?

Pop a picture and/or a link to it and with a bit of luck you'll get more help. I've been having fun with a couple of the AD9850 boards I got from eBay for pennies - hooked them up to the PC parallel port to test them.

 

[jimtylee]

My pic of the generator

 

[picbits]

The buttons should easily be able to be extended by connecting spst switches in parallel with the ones on the board.

As for a case, I think you'd be out of luck trying to find one off the shelf unless the people who designed this have also sorted a case for sale for it.

 

[jimtylee]

Okay thanks.......tried on ebay for a spst keypad but no luck only separate switches.......there is a video on utube of a guy using a keypad....the case i guess is a trip to Maplins Monday

 

[dr pepper]

I have an ad9850 in a crystal oven, I programmed a pic12f629 to control the device over rs232, makes an excellent signal source, works as a sweeper too.

Some of those chinese kits have an optional case, check ebay.