At 01:29 PM 4/7/2003 -0400, Jim Barchuk wrote:

> >Part of the trick is to know how to look for things. Yes, if you looked
>for pic and metronome that's all you'll find is that one in C. But there
>are other variations on metronome such as timer, clock, tick that return a
>lot of Morse generators with relevant info.

Good point.  I should have thought of trying those.  I learn new things all
the time.

> >In any case the piclist.com resources *usually* turns up anything you
>need.

Yeah, I tried that first.  Results were about the same as Google (but the
point made above would probably have expanded the number of
hits.  I''ll  give it another try).

> >I think all you need is a pot to control the speed and a piezo speaker.

Actually, the thing that made me think of the project is a little board
containing a speaker and a couple of LED's (and a few other components)
which Hosfelt Electronics sells for ninety-nine cents.  Couldn't pass that
up. :-)   (The part number is "SOUND," should anyone be interested).

> >Then apply your higher theoreTICKal math skills to make the timing a
>factor of the pot. :)

You're thinking of applied mathematicians.  Us theoretical guys don't do
mundane things like calculations -- we merely theorize about whether it is
possible.  :-)    And I did pick up on the TICK.  Not bad for a techie.

> >The coolest version would have a keypad plus LCD to type in the speed
>directly. Even just an LCD would be nice though so the exact speed is
>known.

There does need to be a way to enter a speed and to display the speed.  LCD
might be a bit of overkill -- probably just three 7-segment displays would
do it.  A pot would probably work but for piano practice my daughter says
that she has to be able to set the metronome to an EXACT speed, and it
would seem like an analog pot would be kind of iffy for  that.  But hey,
what do I know??  :-)

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions.

John

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