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yup got those right next to me
Got what right next to you?
Good job F00. I built a VU meter for my old computer's drive bay, worked like a charm. The Hive is able to do this, When I get mine I might show you it
Hi dutch. Not sure if I am back or not. Still very busy with work. But have had a few days off because of a bereavement and thought Id post up some stuff to keep my mind off things.Cant say Ive seen much to make me want to hang around. The secrecy thing is so old and boring now. I think Id rather be in a community that shares information rather than hordes it. I dont mean to offend any one by that statement.I think forums where people show they're progress and find and share help with one another are much more fun places to be. Obviously everyone is free to do whatever they like, I just dont dig the "my secret project" stuff anymore. This aint rocket science, no ones going to get rich doing this (apart from ben heck). Its supposed to be a bit of fun. I actually enjoy modding things, its my hobby and I'll be doing it whether I post stuff here or not. I'll hang around and post a few more things and see how it goes.Back on topic. If any one here wants to make one of these I think I have a schematic for the boards some where. If I cant find it I'll post the links to the resources I used to make it. You'll have to test it for yourself as these things need to tweaked to work correctly. Wicjh is a real because while you have the parts in a bread boar, the board itself efects the meter, so its really hard to tell whether youve set it correctly without actually finishing the board.
http://www.elecfree.com/electronic/audio-vu-meter-by-lm324/Thats the page that I used as a basic guide. I cant remember of the top of my head what adjustments I made to get it working. I may have also used a different IC but that wont have changed much. Probably best if you buy the ones they used. I suggest making it up on a breadboard first but bare in mind that I found that the circuit behaved differently once it was set up on a proto board. I dont really know why, but I did manage to fix it in the end. Another strange effect that I came across was that in my first atemps the board would only work correctly when my hand was near it.