40 Segment LED S-Meter
To Calibrate:
Provide your radio with a very string signal,
then adjust the HIGH LEVEL pot to the
threshold of illuminating the last LED (all LEDs on).
Remove the signal completely,
then adjust the LOW LEVEL pot to the threshold of
no LEDs illuminated.
If your radio's S-meter output is greater than 5 volts,
you mau wish to replace the HIGH LEVEL pot with a 10K resistor,
and provide pin 6 of the right-most 3914 with
the cathode of a 6.1 volt zener diode, pulled up to 13 volts with a
1K resistor. The anode should be connected to ground.
You may use a higher voltage zener if necessary.
This configuration provides 10ma per LED segment. Change
the
values to the resistors and pots to change the drive current to the LEDs.
R1=12.5/I R2=25/I R3=37.5/I R4=50/I
where I = the desired LED current
By: N6ZAV Marty Mitchell
This page by Byon Garrabrant
N6BG [email protected] 12/24/97