On Jun 7, 7:26�pm, Jeffrey Angus wrote:
On 6/7/2010 4:49 PM, K6LHA wrote:

Speaking of PICs, you see the nifty test equipment in the recent QST
magazines using one of those to do all the "ugly" stuff?

Please explain what "ugly stuff" is.

73, Len K6LHA

On 6/8/2010 10:44 PM, K6LHA wrote:
On Jun 7, 7:26�pm, Jeffrey wrote:
On 6/7/2010 4:49 PM, K6LHA wrote:

Speaking of PICs, you see the nifty test equipment in the recent QST
magazines using one of those to do all the "ugly" stuff?

Please explain what "ugly stuff" is.

Okies... The one I was thinking about, it started out as a simple
amps and volts meter for monitoring battery supplies for portable
equipment. But after they added the processor and a nice LCD display
it turned into a watt hour meter, watt meter and data recorder.

Now I do have a couple of 4-terminal Simpson watt meters in the
"oh boy" box, but there's something kind of neat about doing all
of what used to be done the hard way with discreet components and
mechanical hardware (chart recorders and such) with an IC.

Jeff-1.0
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