SINGLE MELODY GENERATOR
INSTRUCTION SHEET
Price - Stock No 300
- Happy Birthday
Price - Stock No 301
- Jingle Bells
Listen to audio for Happy Birthday and Jingle
Bells





1. Check your P.C.Board carefully for damage to the tracks. A Circuit Tester or a multimeter will help check that there are no broken tracks.
2. Bend the legs of the resistor with long-nose
pliers to match its holes and push it into place against the surface of the
board. Remember that the drawing is looking at the PLAIN side with the tracks
away from you. When in place, bend the legs sideways a bit to stop the resistors
from falling out. Solder in place - see Soldering
Technique
3 There are 5 PCB
pins. Insert as per diagram and solder in place.
4. Identify the BC548 by the markings on the flat.
Ensure correct orientation and solder.
5. Insert the HK66T in the correct
orientation. To reduce the possibility of damage to this component, it is
recommended that a heatsink tool (or pair of long nose pliers) be used to
protect from excessive heat while soldering.
6. Insert the trimpot and
solder in place.
7. Solder the positive and negative leads of the battery
holder to their respective pins.
8. Figure 8 wire is included to
attach the speaker and switch away from the PCB. The switch can be mounted
directly on the PCB if you choose. Cut the wire to appropriate
lengths. Strip the ends of the wire and tin the bare ends - see Tinning wire .
9. Solder the switch to its appropriate PCB
pins.
10. The speaker has a positive and negative terminals. Use
the stripe on the wire to ensure the correct terminals are connected to the
correct PCB pins.
11. Rotate the trimpot so that it is
set about half way.
12. Install batteries and turn on.
Adjust the volume with the trimpot.
Trouble shooting
Troubleshooting if necessary will involve careful checking of locations and polarity of components. Re-solder all joints and check to make sure you have not bridged across between any two adjacent component legs. The end of a broken hacksaw blade sharpened on an emery wheel is a good tool for cleaning between soldered joints.
Technology Notes
The heart of this kit is the HK66T which is a purpose made Integrated Circuit for melody generation. The output of this IC is fed to the Base of the BC548 via the 1K resistor and the 10K trimpot allows for volume control. The BC548 amplifies the sound for output by the speaker. See - Transistors