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  • #1

    idoit in need of help

    Can anyone help me mod this little 555 fet noisemaker so i can change the duty cycle?
    this is the spec.
    the pot on the original is crap too so losting that and replacing it with something better may be a help too...

    http://www.maplin.co.uk/Media/PDFs/N41FL.pdf

    555 Noise-Maker Kit : TR Kits : Maplin
    (this is what i used in the orginal inhotep light video)
    its cheap and can be used for alot of things if anyone can help
    thanks All
    Bodkins X
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  • #2
    Changes to 555

    Just add another pot where the 1k one goes, and add one diode.

    YouTube - signal generator 555 timer based with 0 to 100% pulse width control

    Hope that helps, Gyula should be along soon. What would we do without that little electronics boffin (god bless your cotton socks)?

    Love and light
    Atoms move for free. It's all about resonance and phase. Make the circuit open and build a generator.

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    • #3
      Your not an idiot It's a really good idea...

      so good in fact, that I thought of it too! Great minds, eh?

      though I didn't use the noise maker...

      If you are trying to make a square wave generator with variable frequency and duty cycle then try this:

      555 Astable Switch Kit : TR Kits : Maplin

      Astable 555 relay circuit... with a bit of modification it can be turned into a square wave generator with variable duty cycle and frequency...



      sorry for the blurry image... my camera sucks at close ups...

      you can change the range of frequencies by replacing the capacitor that is labeled on the image for a lower value if you want higher frequencies or vice versa... can't remember the exact frequency range with the 1uf cap but it was a few of khz... I remember using to make a 3khz square wave for an oscillator....

      hope it helps

      ps... these are really handy as well!

      Flexible Jumper Wires : Breadboards : Maplin

      if you think you will be swapping the cap a few times then best use the jumper cables to connect it as well as the pots or you'll mess up the board.
      "Theory guides. Experiment decides."

      “I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.”
      Nikola Tesla

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      • #4
        protection against AC

        To protect against AC, if you are going to CHOP into a coil,
        you can add RF chokes; one for the positive V+, and another for the
        GND input to this circuit board.
        200uH chokes should work fine for most high-frequency AC.
        These will prevent high-freq AC from glitching things
        on this little board.

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        • #5

          thank you
          to make this thing sing is going to be easy!
          the chokes too brillant I remenber nat1971 using chokes back in the imhotep light thread, its droped the input
          so a AC blocker is a choke right see i am a idiot

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