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Default Thermometer Code Chip

On Fri, 03 Apr 2015 11:35:04 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

On Fri, 03 Apr 2015 11:33:46 -0700, John Larkin
wrote:

On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 13:56:11 -0400, Michael Black wrote:

On Fri, 3 Apr 2015, John Larkin wrote:

On Fri, 03 Apr 2015 09:57:15 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

I'm looking for a chip that outputs a Thermometer Code.

I vaguely remember such a device. Is there one still made?

...Jim Thompson

LM3914

No, that's the dot/bar display driver, takes in analog voltage and
displays on a set of LEDs.


Which decode pattern is often referred to as a "thermometer code."

Apparently, that's what Jim wanted.


Yes.

...Jim Thompson


More detail for the lurkers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unary_coding




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