When I was a kid I helped my dad build an electronic kit. It was a
Heathkit digital wind speed and direction display complete with
anemometer and wind direction vane. In my effort to capture the fun of
knowing the wind speed (I live near Enumclaw) I found one on EBay.
It came complete with schematic and assembly instruction book. It is
obsolete and many of the micro circuits are not available anymore, or
not offered to the general public. The display tubes are increasingly
becoming rare and hard to find or expensive. They are high voltage
and neon.
I have an anemometer hooked up to a bicycle speedometer (offered
by "Inspeed") and I like it, however its hard to see and I miss the
good looking display of the past. I like aspects of it, like Max
speed, and the ability to be programed to different wheel sizes.
(Important to convert revolutions to m.p.h.) .
I
I am wanting the old display redesigned to use modern cathodes or
l.e.d.s and be able to be programed to use replacement anemometers
that use reed switches as a pulse measurement.
I have all the manuals and can talk about the research I have
done(Websights,displays,Etc.). And with redesigning the boards and
shrinking the cabinet would protect against copyright or license
infringement.
