In search of a meter movement

Black Iccy · 2012-10-29T04:07:59+00:00

Long time since I've posted on Usenet. What I want to do is give some public address system operators (in a hotel actually), a clear and easy visualisation of just how loud they have got things running. A VU meter situation. What they should be able to do is see, from a distance, a meter which preferably will have a 270 degree travel arm Small meters just won't cut the mustard. Ideally, too, I envisage driving the meter from the amp speaker supply so that's why I'm not employing electronic level display systems. Trying to keep things as simple as possible. It occurs to me that what I really should use is something like a car's tachometer movement. I know modern units have internal electronics etc. They would be un-necessary and unusable so I'd be stripping them out. In general, what are the movements? Still D'asonval ? What sort of FS sensitivity - 1 mA FS? Anyone played with these things? Thanks.

Oct 29, 2012 23 Replies

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josephkk 13 years ago

Hmmm. Off the top, an ordinary (wide pointer?) meter with a video cam hooked up to a 17 inch monitor. I doubt that the hotel staff would recognize proper VU ballistics.

?-)

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Jeff Liebermann 13 years ago

1024 LED VU meter: Kinda like a light show.

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Black Iccy 13 years ago

Kinda attractive but it would make my Cherry-brandy, at the bar, a little black looking wouldn't it? I wonder where GreenXenon got to -)

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Jeff Liebermann 13 years ago

Black is the current high fashion color. The Darth Vader and Gothic looks are back. Notice how HP printers went from all off-white, to all black. Black is cool.

I think (not sure) that he's morphed into "Skybuck Flying". Same dumb questions, bad physics, bizarre logic, and chronic computer problems. I doubt that there could be two different humans with exactly the same bad habits, strange personalities, and bad luck.

Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

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