Inside The Digital Fun Meter

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

Interesting piece! A good tool to take out into the public.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Actually do to recent circumstances I have been thinking about recalibrating it into an A-Hole Meter.

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

Haha, that sounds like I good idea. I really need an A-Hole Meter.

[JamesToTheDee]

@AllAmericanFiveRadio

Pure gold Rick, pure gold.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks JamesToTheDee

I taught software and got really tired of hearing "Are we having fun yet". So I thought why not measure it. But it had to be a Digital Fun Meter, not analog.

[JamesToTheDee]

@AllAmericanFiveRadio You should consider an analog fun meter...

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

@JamesToTheDee

Well, that do look better on videos.

[AdomHussein69]

Hey, I think all of your videos are fun. Thanks for sharing your expertise!

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

THANKS!!

[joernone]

Rick,

That cements it...we're heading to Las Vegas. On the first shot after changing the batteries you hit a hundred on the DFM. Same as slot machine triple bars. We'll be rich!

Regards,

John

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks John,

Las Vegas.Now there's an idea!!!!

Regards

Rick

[batterymaker]

WOW!! Good thing those were alkalines leaking.  Zinc Carbons would've been a disaster.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Yep, things could have grown in there. After seeing the original batteries, it now surprises me that it was still working.

[rlewis1946]

Rick, I can't imagine the readout being nothing but 100's in your classes!! Wish I could have been part of them....

Merry Christmas!

Roy Lewis Atlanta, GA USA

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Lol Thanks! I tried to keep it interesting. However the Directors of the software departments were not pleased with me when I started showing the students how to defeat the passwords. The students loved it!!

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Merry Christmas!

[FelixTheHouseFreak]

Cool, i wish i knew more about solid state electronics.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks. I completed at least 14 HeathKit courses and I just checked their website. They have even more courses now. I use my HeathKit books as references because they start at the beginning of the subject. Check them out!

[douro20]

The other chip was a decade counter w/7-segment code option.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

I think Radio Shack sold the display and the chip together. Best I can remember. I built the DFM twenty years ago.

[gmcjetpilot]

Hi Rick, glad to see you are having fun... Merry Christmas Bro.... G

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Hey George,

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!