Thomas_Henry
Joined: Jul 24, 2009 Posts: 170 Location: N. Mankato, MN
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:55 pm Post subject:
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Hi Everyone,
Here's a neat little project you might find handy for something in the studio or around the home. It's a one-chip sound sensor. When a sound is detected (clapping hands, drum pad struck, the report of gunshots should you live in that type of neighborhood), a +5V, 1 mSec trigger is generated. Or, by bridging the jumper, you can generate a +5V gate for as long as the sound is present. An onboard thumbwheel pot sets the sensitivity.
It's sort of cool, because it's designed around CMOS gates operating in linear mode. Be sure to use a CD4001 with unbuffered outputs; linear operation depends upon that. Look for a UB suffix on the chip.
The unit was designed for +5V operation, making it perfect for microcontroller applications. I see no reason why it wouldn't work on higher voltages, however. A microcontroller certainly isn't required: it could be used to fire LEDs, relays, buzzers, etc., with suitable driving transistors.
However, using it with a microcontroller really opens up the possibilities for all sorts of intelligent controls. I program exclusively in the powerful (and free) PIC Micro Pascal language now and have contributed many projects and exercises to its forum. In particular, take a look at the handclap applications I wrote up there. You'll have to navigate to the Exercises sub-forum, and look for the Handclap project. (E-M keeps screwing up the URL for that message--I have no idea why).
http://www.pmpcomp.fr/smf/
As a rule, using CMOS in linear mode gives far from high fidelity, but here's the perfect situation to take advantage of the simplicity.
Attached below is a picture of the completed affair. Also attached is a complete package containing everything you need to build it yourself: schematics, PCB artwork, parts placement guide, etc. I've even thrown in the TinyCad and FreePCB files, should you want to modify the design. I would ask, in return, though that you always retain my name in whatever you come up with, being the media whore I am.
Thomas Henry
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