My newest mod

[Makkarah]

Here you go, VU meter.

 

[Makkarah]

Close up pic.

 

[h20link]

that looks nice....i assume VU is some sort of voltage meter or something.

Do the lights light up in conjunction with how much power's being used or something? how about a little walk through?

 

[Makkarah]

It's connected to my sound card and lights up with music volume. More intensive sounds light up more LED's.

 

[heezer7]

Oh i like the sound light idea! can you tell me how you did this?

 

[craneage2001]

Likewise...does the sound out provide enough voltage to light the leds, much like a meter/

 

[Niloc]

Thats cool. Was it hard to do? I think I would like to do somthing like that

 

[Makkarah]

Ok the diagrams are like this, sorry about the blurriness, I took these with digicam as I don't have scanner.

 

[Makkarah]

Here's the other one. Oh and this was complete kit with all parts with it, I only had to solder them into place.

 

[Temo Vryce]

Wow man that's sweet. Can you post a parts list to go with the schematics?

 

[heezer7]

Did you buy the kit somewhere or what? Where do you think i could get one?

 

[Makkarah]

Yeah I bought the kit. Got it from Bebek, it's a finnish hobby shop for electrics and such.

But the kit manufacturer is Kemo Germany, I don't where other place these would be sold.

 

[JFettig]

sweet! were did you get this, when i get a cool car with a cool system i want to put a similar thing on the doors! so its like the thing in the winamp were when it bumps it goes along with the song!!!

 

[heezer7]

Like previously asked, can you maybe list the required materials. i am not very good at reading electrical diagrams expectually when they are that blury. I don;t know what some of the stuff is suppose to be like the squares W/ IC1 and IC2?

 

[Makkarah]

Ok I try to list the parts.

IC1 = IC-chip, U254B
IC2 = IC-chip, U244B
2 IC chip slots, 8-connectors
D1 = silicon diode, model BAV 21 or 1N 4148
L1 to L7 = Green LED
L8, L9 = Yellow LED
L10, L11 = Red LED
C1 = Condensator 0,068ìF (micro if it doesnt display the letter correctly)
P = trimmerpotentiometer 22 K
R1, R2 = resistors 1,1K
and 1 epox circuit board, 92*46 millimeters.

I don't know if I translated all parts correctly, or if that's any help at all but there they are.

 

[dvj81]

Do you have another picture of the side?

 

[Makkarah]

Do you have another picture of the side?

Side of what?

 

[heezer7]

thanks for the list. aboutr how much did the stuff cost you because i am pretty sure i don't have all that lying around.

 

[dvj81]

Do you have a pic of the side of your computer, where the window is?

 

[heezer7]

Can anyone help me find these IC chips and that on Radioshack.com? I am really interested in this project.