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Has anybody made this very old project work properly?
It will probably work properly if it is built according to the datasheet for the IC.


I brought a kit from Velleman which was based om the ICL7107 and I found that this gave unstable readings and could never cure the bouncing of the readings, May be this is why they stopped selling it ?

So in the end I decided to design and build my own based on the MAX7219 and PIC16F876, This gives accurate and stable readings and is now used in my Velleman PSU 0-30V 0-10A, I used ISIS to simulate it to get everything working(Picture attached) and then designed and built the PCB for it.
I like the idea of LED'S because where my PSU sits at the back of the bench I don't have to lean forward to see the LCD version. Plus I use the green version which is better

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There are two versions of the old ICL7107 IC. The newer version ICL7107S has improved Stability.

The LED display draws up to 224mA through the IC which heats it a lot and causes it to drift.
It needs an additional -5V supply but you don't say how you produced it.

The L7805 regulator must have the two small capacitors shown on its datasheet. It needs a minimum input of +7V so the average rectified and filtered voltage must be more, depending on how much ripple is produced by the filter capacitor.
If the rectifier is full-wave then a 1000uF filter capacitor reduces the ripple to 1V peak. The transformer should be 8VAC or more at 500mA.

Im using the the ICL7107 CLP version,
i have produce the -5 volt with IC ICL7660
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I brought a kit from Velleman which was based om the ICL7107 and I found that this gave unstable readings and could never cure the bouncing of the readings, May be this is why they stopped selling it ?

So in the end I decided to design and build my own based on the MAX7219 and PIC16F876, This gives accurate and stable readings and is now used in my Velleman PSU 0-30V 0-10A, I used ISIS to simulate it to get everything working(Picture attached) and then designed and built the PCB for it.
I like the idea of LED'S because where my PSU sits at the back of the bench I don't have to lean forward to see the LCD version. Plus I use the green version which is better

hi Picmaster is it  posible from you to post the schematic and pcb of this volmeter of yours? ( PIC based)
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