DiscontinuedSweeperMeter Kit

An open-source 8 LED scanner/sweeper circuit with additional 'meter' mode.

  • Solder at home
  • High quality PCB
  • SuperBright green 3mm LEDs
  • Lots of LED patterns
  • User-defineable pattern
  • 4 can be chained together
  • All source files available for download
  • Price: £8.50 
    Discontinued

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This ready-to-solder kit makes an appealing 8 LED scanner with a variety of patterns. It can also function as a simple meter, displaying a representation of the voltage on the sense line. Up to 4 SweeperMeters can be chained together, giving an impressive display of 32 LEDs.

A User Defined pattern, up to 128 steps long can be loaded onto the SweeperMeter using a simple serial protocol (an Arduino sketch is available).

For the more adventurous, the SweeperMeter can be directly controlled by a simple set of commands sent on the sense line (details are in the technical information document). This 'Display' mode is actually used when SweeperMeters are chained together. An Arduino sketch will be available shortly to demonstrate an Arduino controlling the LEDs.

The SweeperMeter is normally powered from 2xAAA batteries (via the included battery box), however alternative parts are included for those that wish to run the SweeperMeter from a 5v source.

Documentation

Home Soldering

This product is a kit containing:

You will need to provide the following:

Open-Source Hardware

Creative Commons Licence

Creative Commons Licence

The SweeperMeter is an Open-Source Hardware project released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

Hardware design (schematics and board) and Firmware are available for download below.

Data format specifications are available in the Technical Information document.

Purchasing

Parts with a SMK001 prefix:

Part# Description price
SMK001WW SweeperMeter Kit (for home soldering) £8.50
Discontinued
SMK001W4 SweeperMeter Kit 4-pack (for home soldering) £29.00
Discontinued

Files

circuit schematics

Version Date File Size
1.0 26th May 2011 (PDF file) hw_sm_10.pdf 43.6 kB

hardware design

Version Date File Size
1.0 26th May 2011 (ZIP archive) hw_sm_10.zip 26.1 kB

firmware

Version Date File Size
1.3 26th May 2011 (ZIP archive) src_sm_13.zip 41.6 kB