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| awemawson:
--- Quote from: BillTodd on August 23, 2014, 12:37:20 PM ---Guys, I think the design brief puts us into the relm of mechanical or at best electro-mechanical. CPUs aren't an option here ;-) --- End quote --- OK then Bill, back to the Pitot tubes - mechanically very simple |
| Eugene:
--- Quote ---.....I think Eugene wants a nice analog clock face to fix to the wall? --- End quote --- Yiss, Sorr, dats roight so t'is. Im guessing at an 8 - 10' dia clock face. We have a cheapo wireless weather station that has an LCD display; no wind direction function (they are available) but it's surely possible to render the input in analogue form. If you are cleverer than me that is! Andrews rotary encoder / Arduino /stepper sounds great but nailing it together would be beyond me without a very close to hand mentor. However I'd be quite happy for someone else to put the circuit together and then fit it myself. Eug |
| BillTodd:
do you want the pot and motor shown in my video? you may be able to fix / clean the pot (i have not even tried to open it) I think the motor is ok but may need a front bearing. PM me your address and I'll post it to you. Bill |
| Eugene:
Bill, That's extraordinarily kind of you. See PM. Eug |
| BillTodd:
ok Eugene it's on its way. My guess is that the fault with the pot is mechanical. Probably, one of the wipers has come loose - P&G usualy use a sort of wire brush that wipes both the main track and the input track. bill |
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