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comprise the Model 708 display. The front-panel meter is scaled both
in percent-modulation and in dB. This is similar to a standard VU
meter except for the peak-response ballistics.
Each of the three LED bargraph modules is
series
-connected. This is a
power-saving technique since each
module
,
rather than each individual
segment
, draws only 5 milliamps. This technique does demand more
than the bipolar 9-volt regulated supply, however, so the LEDs and
their associated driver ICs use a separate ±12-volt supply taken prior
to the 9-volt regulators.
POWER SUPPLY
Stereo Generator circuitry operates from a bipolar 9-volt supply. The
two supplies are regulated by linear “three-terminal” IC voltage
regulators: IC2 for the +9-volt supply, IC3 for the –9-volt supply. The
power transformer has dual primary windings which may be switched in
parallel or in series for 115V or 230V mains, respectively.
The rectified raw DC from the input filter capacitors runs the front-
panel LED bargraph display. Emitter-followers Q1 and Q2, clamped by
zener diode CR10, prevent the LED supply from exceeding a total of 24
volts, overall.