For some time a few of us have been developing an interface for a surplus azimuth display for use with Falcon 4.0 and Falcon AF. An azimuth display is a 3" vector-graphics CRT. It displays a variety of symbols representing radar emitting threats. We finally have some working hardware to show.http://www.mikesflightdeck.com/images/RWR3_Disp.jpg The image above shows the first half of the symbol library. The second half includes more letters, aircraft shapes, a ship, and various geometrical shapes. The symbols are each a collection of vectors drawn by a PIC16F876A micro controller. The PIC loads a set of digital to analog converters. The DAC outputs are amplified to drive the deflection coils of the azimuth display.http://www.mikesflightdeck.com/images/RWR2_Amp.jpgThe project is described in more detail here: http://www.mikesflightdeck.com/rwr_project.htm Once a few remaining details are wrapped up, I will post schematics and the PIC firmware listing on the project page.Mikewww.mikesflightdeck.comwww.mikesflightdeckbooks.com

Well Mike, That's a very impressive piece of work. It great to see something like this build with off the shelf parts. High speed deflection does take a lot of power when doing it with power amps, doesn't it? Glad that you finally got it working. Amazing what PIC controllers are capable of. I'm looking forward to see the schematics. Rgds Roland

Wow.Awesome progress! That would make a nice civilian stormscope too by the way!//Tuomas