Hey folks,
I'd recently decided to kick my electronics learning up a gear - this was helped by my girly buying me an Ice Tube Clock kit for Christmas, but it seems there could be a problem with it. I have all of the components, and was following the assembly guide ( http://www.ladyada.net/make/icetube/solder.html ), however when i'd placed R1, SPK and IC1 and performed the 'startup beep test', I had no beep(!).
All the tests (well, the 5V regulator test) checked out, all the soldering on the back was functional (though certainly not pretty... , everything seemed to be oriented correctly, so I busted out my multi and tested the resistor R1 directly, and it seems to be reading erratically or not at all - definitely not the 270k(+/-5%) it should be. Would the fact that it's currently 'in situ' (and thus attached through traces to other components, etc) affect a multimeter result like this? Still pretty new to this kind of thing, so any help or other 'have you checked's would be very welcome
Thanks for any help you can give.
~Loki
PS: I'm going into electronics with a view to ultimately creating my own audio gear (compressors, EQs, small mixers, synthesizers, etc). I've been learning (slowly from Horowitz and Hill's 'The Art of Electronics' (http://www.amazon.com/Art-Electronics-P ... 0521370957), but I was wondering if you guys knew of any resources (analogue or digital) that provide a more audio-centric learning experience?
No beep in second test
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Re: No beep in second test
Pictures! We need pictures!
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Re: No beep in second test
Haha, oops!
Here's a (~1.3MB) picture of the top:
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3955/topvb.jpg
And a similarly-sized picture of the bottom:
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/6001/bottomd.jpg
As an interesting aside, macro photography is harder than you'd think
Here's a (~1.3MB) picture of the top:
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3955/topvb.jpg
And a similarly-sized picture of the bottom:
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/6001/bottomd.jpg
As an interesting aside, macro photography is harder than you'd think
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Re: No beep in second test
Well, for starters, D2 is backwards...
That's all I noticed.
That's all I noticed.
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Re: No beep in second test
That's a good book, it is what I used in my electronics class. I have actually been planning on getting it out and starting to go through it again.Horowitz and Hill's 'The Art of Electronics'
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Re: No beep in second test
yup, check all the parts and DONT CONTINUE unless you pass each test.
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Astonishing - somewhere between me carefully checking the diode was the right way around, and me actually putting it in place, I managed to rotate it through 180 degrees... Oh, the shame!
After that, everything was plain sailing, and my clock is now sitting with pride of place on my bedside table - loving that there's a region function for us non-USAnians, too!
Thanks for your help
Though while i'm here, has anybody had any thoughts on audio-centric electronics learning?
After that, everything was plain sailing, and my clock is now sitting with pride of place on my bedside table - loving that there's a region function for us non-USAnians, too!
Thanks for your help
Though while i'm here, has anybody had any thoughts on audio-centric electronics learning?
Please be positive and constructive with your questions and comments.