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>From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
>On Behalf Of Tony Smith
>Sent: 23 May 2007 15:21
>To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'
>Subject: RE: [EE]: Digital voltmeter from 1960
>
>
>> >A real gem. Pity there is no schematic available:
>> >
>> >  http://www.wps.com/projects/instruments/Cubic-V45/index.html
>> >
>> >Peter P.
>> >
>> Fascinating instrument, a real gem as you say.  I'm not sure
>> I agree with the authors suggestion that "Display technology 
>> has improved only slightly" though!
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Mike
>
>
>What to do when Nixies haven't been invented yet.  Years ago I 
>came across Nixies, and figured I could emulate the display 
>by, you guessed it, etching numbers in glass, edge lit & 
>stacked.  Worked nicely as a clock, and I was suitably chuffed 
>at my technical progress.
>
>I was less chuffed when I discovered voltmeters like this, and 
>even less when I found out the Russians did it 30 or so years 
>before that.
>
>I've been meaning to make a 7 seg version, you only need 7 
>pieces of glass/plastic per digit then.
>
>Tony

If you had enough sheets you could even make a dot matrix display :-)

Mike

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