50 MHz frequency counter voltage meter & SWR/PWR indicator


Posted on Feb 5, 2014

This is a successor of the PIC16C71 4-digit LED f-counter & V-meter. Some hard to find parts used in the previous version, which are out of production for some time, has been omitted. A rather early PIC16C71 has also been replaced by 28-pin device PIC16F876. The later is capable of driving 4 digit LED display in multiplexed mode while measuring fr


50 MHz frequency counter voltage meter & SWR/PWR indicator
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equency, power supply voltage as well as handle two analog inputs to display SWR/PWR signal strength in a bargraph manner. There is no need for external LED display driver chip as well as external data EEPROM since it is already implemented in PIC16F876. Reduction in the number of used chips also results in smaller dimensions of the counter compared to its predecessor. In operating mode a push-button allows the user to choose between the frequency, bargraph or supply voltage to be displayed. The frequency display mode can also be changed with longer (>1s) push-button pressing. For example if the frequency to be displayed is 14. 065. 9 MHz the user will see on the four digit display either 065. 9 ³, 4. 065 ³ or 14. 06 ³. The default display mode after power-up can be changed in the set-up menu. The set-up menu is entered at power-up while holding the push-button pressed. The production of Siemens`s (now Infineon`s) miniature 7 seg. LED HDN1077 displays in low current version (suffix O) was abandoned recently. Therefore I`ve designed another display PCBoard which suits the same f-counter base board but uses newer Agilent`s HDSP-U103 miniature 7 seg. LED displays. Their current consumption is even smaller. They need no more than 0, 5mA per segment for acceptable brightness. Assuming that during normal operation in average only one half of the segments lights, the average current consumption of the counter is about 20mA. In...




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