Meter damping

[Tony Allgood]

Hi,
 
Try a very low value. This will cause any emf induced by the coil's movement to form a current that naturally damps any movement. Lenz's law, in fact.
 
Regards,
 
Tony Allgood, Cumbria, UK
 
e-mail: oakley at enterprise.net
 
Rack mounted Moog VCF module. Details to be found at...
 
http://aupe.phys.andrews.edu/diy_archive/schematics/effects/filter.html           
 
 
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Matthew S. Padden <stan at record.globalnet.co.uk>
    To: synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl <synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl>
    Date: Friday, June 26, 1998 3:20 PM
    Subject: Meter damping
    
    
    Hi..
     
        Does anyone know how to achieve the moving-coil meter damping trick as seen in many multimeters? Such that, when the meter is off, something is connected across the meter to greatly restrict its tendency to swing wildly about when the meter is carried or moved. I seem to remember something about 'high value resistors' being placed across the meter, but that doesn't seem to have any effect. Any ideas?
     
    Thanks in advance
     
    Matthew Padden
    Leeds, UK
    mattp at mindless.com
     
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