THREE TONE DOOR BELL
INSTRUCTION SHEET
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No 242
Listen to audio for the
Three Tone Door
Bell
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. Identify the resistors by their colour bands or with a multimeter. Bend the legs with long-nose pliers to match their holes and push them 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. Use care when inserting the IC socket.
Solder in place.
4. Identify the PCB pin locations, insert and
solder.
5. The BC 548 must be inserted in the correct orientation.
It has a flat on the body. Mount it with the flat as the
drawings show. Care should be taken when soldering the
transistors - excessive use of heat from the soldering iron may
permanantly damage these components (a heatsink tool or long nose pliers will
dissipate excessive heat).
6. Solder the positive and negative leads of
the battery holder to their respective pins.
7. Cut the fig. 8 wire
into two appropriate lengths, one for the speaker, one for the switch.
Strip the insulation approx 5 mm from each end. Tin the ends of the wire -
See Tinning
wire .
8. The Speaker has +ve
and -ve terminals, use one length of fig 8 wire to connect the terminals to
their respective PCB pins.
9. Use the second length of fig 8 wire
to connect the switch to the chosen trigger.
10. You will find that the legs of the HK522 are spread a
little wide to fit into their sockets. Take each IC and rest
the legs on a flat surface. Gently
push down so that row of legs is straightened a little. Repeat
for the other row of legs. Take the IC and find the locating mark on the
top surface and near or at one end. Check the drawing and push it into its
socket the right way round.
11. Insert batteries and press the
switch to test.
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.
The heart of this kit is the HK522 which is a purpose built Integrated Circuit for melody generation. The output of this IC is fed to the Base of the BC548 via the 1K resistor. The BC548 amplifies the sound for output by the speaker. See - Transistors
View the HK522 Datasheet