>Does anybody know of any small (handheld) commercial strobes? I need >something that's no bigger than a medium-sized DMV which has an adjustable >frequency light. It doesn't need to be especially bright, as it's >primarily for indoor use. > >I need to see if a rotating wheel is running true. Speed would be a few >hundred RPM to up to 60K, but I don't expect that in one package. > >Thanks. > >Andy > >================================================================== >Andy Kunz - Statistical Research, Inc. - Westfield, New Jersey USA >================================================================== Hi Andy, This is a good PIC project, as a matter of fact I developed one once, it was smaller than a DMV and used an VCO (I think 4046) a ultra-bright LED and a PIC to read the frequency and show on a 7 segment display. It worked very well. Regards, Octavio ======================================================= Octavio Nogueira - nogueira@mandic.com.br ICQ# 19841898 >From the creator of ProPic, ProPic 2 now much better * http://members.tripod.com/ProPic * * PIC Programmer for Windows with down to earth price * =======================================================