^DTN i never got ur message..? =/ wats going on? sad.gif

 

For the bottom resistor on the left, put as many in paralell as you think you'll need, it prevents shorting if the output wires touch. IE... If you use a 2 W potentiometer, use 2 1W resistors in paralell, or 3 for a 3W potentiometer. The output LED and resistors will change per color. read the top to find out more about them

 

hey did you ever get a chance to remake those 4 pics of the project box?, i want to do this but im gona need those pics.

 

bump

 

I'll do a schematic and component drawing this weekend. My CAD is down right now and i don't feel like using paintbrush. I'll put it up soon though.

 

alright thanks

 

here you go, should be enough to make sence.















Electronics workbench also identified a problem with adjustment. If you turn it up too high, you may burn out a potentiometer. I never had this problem. I just did my adjustments and everything came out fine. But just so you know it's a potential problem.

A work around would be to either A: eliminate the voltage limiting circuit alltogether, or B: put a LED in place of a standard diode.

I love this program.

 

damn great cad drawing, im going to try it with my speakers in my room! lol
when i finally get a tibby im putting about 4 lines of 4 in. cold cathode bars in a line like this:

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string one
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string 2
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string 3
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it shuold be easy cause it would use the 12v rail on ur battery or w/e right?
and how easy would it be to code a plugin for winamp for this?(or any L.E.D setup?)

 

^^ you're missing the point alltogether. go back and start at the beginning of the thread and read.

 

Great nice simple project (well simple i guess if you have a bit of electronics knowledge). regarding the signal based on frequency instead of voltage you dont necessarily have to go digital. you could use several bandpass filters and then have a open collector trasistor drive a whole bunch of leds on a string. you could also sample the signal from a line out on a amp/deck (if it has it) then you dont tie up speaker outs and dont have to worry about power requirements, and thats only one way i have other ideas also.... wow this is getting a little more complicated. If you interested PM me i have the abilities to get boards made cheap, maybe we can come up with something....