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Challenge- Starter Pistol to close contact on Timer remotely [closed]

Track Coach here.... My school still uses an Ultrak L10 to time meets and I am looking for a way to DIY a solution to simplify and standardize the start of a race. Currently we just have the "...
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Rebuilding an Old Transistor Radio into a Bluetooth Speaker

I recently acquired an old transistor radio and I'm interested in transforming it into a Bluetooth speaker. I'm considering using a stereo amplifier kit that includes built-in Bluetooth, such as this ...
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Double audio output

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab Hello i am trying to have the same audio play on two usb earphones, i have tryed multiple adapters but nothing work, the software force ...
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Connecting Headphone to Phone and Laptop via Switch

I am trying to build a small circuit which will connect my phone, laptop and headset with a switch. So in state 1, the headphone and phone will be connected and in state 2, the headphone and laptop ...
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Why am I not getting an output from this breadboarded phaser?

After following along with a hobbyist's video, I breadboarded a phaser. Unfortunately it seems my circuit is not achieving anything close to what the hobbyist achieved with his. I believe the issue is ...
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Is there a momentary switch that cuts the signal only the very instant it is pressed?

I am trying to build a guitar kill switch that would behave like a typical momentary switch, but with a twist: I would like the audio signal to be interrupted only the very moment I press the button (...
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Convert a 5 pin Elno connector to a 3 pin XLR

I'm trying to modify a Elno laryngophone's connector (5 pin) to plug like a normal mic so I need to understand how to wire cable to a standard XLR connector, maybe somebody knows how to do? thank you
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Electric guitar with active electronics and a DIY battery gauge

There is a primitive DIY battery charge monitor which blinks a LED after input voltage drops lower a certain level. Let's call it battery gauge. Also, there is an electric guitar with active ...
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1 answer
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Make a doorbell louder? Bypassing in-built amplifier

I have a doorbell I'd like to make louder (existing speaker driver is ~2W). I had an idea of intercepting the signal going into (or out of?) the amplifier chip and feeding those signals through a ...
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What is the maximum voltage and current audio sockets of a phone can withstand without damaging the phone?

I want to make an oscilloscope which can measure signals of any voltage upto 50V. Is it possible to make a circuit which can do this safely without damaging my smartphone?
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Building a voltage adjuster circuit

I've been trying to build an op amp circuit that takes an analog signal from my electric guitar of around -1.5 to 1.5 V to a voltage level of 0 to 5 V, so that I can put it into the ADC of a ...
2 votes
1 answer
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Guitar pedal works by itself but not in a signal chain

I just built a clone of an LPB-1 pedal, as my first ever guitar pedal project. It works great between my guitar and amp with no other pedals in the chain. When it is placed in a chain with pedals ...
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Why are resistors necessary in a summing audio circuit?

I am researching DIY stereo audio mixers (2 input, 1 out) -- there's lots of info out there -- but all the passive solutions (e.g., DIY Multi-Input Audio) include resistors, and I don't understand why ...
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DIY high fidelity audio using delta sigma adc

This question may be too general, but I will include all the details that I can. My end goal is to achieve a super high-resolution spectrogram of any recording I choose to make. By doing some tests I ...
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1 answer
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How to measure the output impedance of a valve preamp?

I was trying to measure the output impedance of a DIY preamp for the past couple of days without any luck. Each time, I got to the same result of around 3K3 ohm, which is unbelievably low. This is ...
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1 answer
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DIY TDA2822N computer microphone

I am using the following circuit to make a computer microphone. The "speaker" component is the computer's microphone input. The problem with this circuit is that somehow I can hear capacitors ...
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2 answers
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Female mono jack connector 6.3mm

I'm building a DIY pedal effect for my electric guitar and I have to connect the input and output jack connector, but I don't know how to do it. The connectors have 3 pins, one is the tip which it is ...
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1 answer
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AUX input outputting +4v Causing reset of connected smartphone

I've added an AUX input to my Mercedes Audio 10 casette radio using an online tutorial. Essentially hooking up a 3.5mm jack direct to the output of the audio processor. I'm familar with this ...
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1 answer
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DIY car audio noise when the source device is charging from the same power source

I have a hobby in electrical engineering so I built my own car audio system given the fact that it didn't have any before. It's basically two pairs of PC speakers adapted with some resistors and ...
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DIY Multi-Input Audio

Edited, see bottom of this post. What would be the best method for preventing damage to multiple audio input devices that are connected to a home made audio patch panel? Im wanting to make a device ...
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Making a [4-Pole TRRS to 3.5mm Stereo & Mic Adapter (Male to 2x Female)] from an iphone headphone splitter jack?

I want an adapter that merges the microphone and earphone 3.5 mm jacks into a single 3.5 mm jack ( basically I want to build the blue adapter thingy): I have an earphone splitter for iphones that has ...
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1 answer
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Using european telephone cables for own DC power delivery

I have european telephone cables running through my walls to each room, without any connection/socket. Well... we really do not need any hard line telephone connection and I am into DIY projects, so I ...
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2 answers
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Google Glass 3.5mm jack with battery neck strap

I'm thinking of improving my Google Glass by DIY building a micro usb to 3.5mm headphone jack with a battery connected to a neck strap out of parts from the internet. I've already built the neck ...
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DIY headphone preamp [closed]

I would like to make an amplifier with following specs: input from TV RCA jack output 1-2 3.5mm jacks powered by USB volume control (if possible make it somehow wireless) As i am new to electrical ...