From: john jardine on

"default" <default(a)defaulter.net> wrote in message
news:9dhk06dltvk703cdpri3dt91bvjnbjr6cf(a)4ax.com...
> Can someone supply a single transistor circuit that will give a damped
> sine wave when a pulse is applied? to emulate a bell sound
> --

,---------,
| |5V
.-. -
| | ---
| |4k7 |
'-' ===
| GND
,-----------------------------o-----o
| | | Damped Sine
| .-.1M o-------o Out
| | | | -> ~1Vpp
| | | |
| 10k 10k '-' |
| ___ ___ || | |/
o---|___|---o--|___|--o--||---o---| BC547
| | | || |>
| --- | 10u |
| ---100n | o------
| | | | |
| === | | ---
| || || | | --- 10u
'----||-----o----||---' | |
|| | || .-. |
10n .-. 10n | | .-."Q"Pot
| | | | | |<-.
| | '-' | | |220
'-'1k 1k | '-' |
-> | | | |
PIC o------------' === === ===
Narrow Pulse GND GND GND
to Ring

(created by AACircuit v1.28 beta 10/06/04 www.tech-chat.de)


From: John Larkin on
On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:41:19 -0400, default <default(a)defaulter.net>
wrote:

>On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:06:01 -0700, John Larkin
><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:49:18 -0400, default <default(a)defaulter.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:54:04 -0400, Jamie
>>><jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>default wrote:
>>>>> Can someone supply a single transistor circuit that will give a damped
>>>>> sine wave when a pulse is applied? to emulate a bell sound
>>>>Damped? Do you mean compressed to a sequare wave?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can do a 180 degree phase shift in a double T RC network how
>>>>ever, that produces a sine wave. etc..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Feed back --||---+---||----+---||-----Base of tranny..
>>>> | |
>>>> | |
>>>> R R
>>>> | |
>>>> com com
>>>>
>>>>ect.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Damped as in decaying, just like a bell.
>>>
>>>Seems to me John Larkin or Jim Thompson posted something like this a
>>>long time ago. Searching didn't find exactly what I want. I'm
>>>building a set of mechanical chimes but wanted something to use until
>>>I work out the kinks - and test the pic timing.
>>
>>I did a bell simulator once, but I used several, three or four,
>>damped-ringing LC resonators. A single one didn't sound very
>>bell-like. Turns out that bells have a number of nearby resonant
>>modes, each with not-quite harmonics. Complex.
>>
>>The thing I did drove loudspeakers in the bow of a ship to go
>>bong-bong-bong every 30 seconds in the fog, so a crew guy didn't have
>>to stand there all night whacking a bell.
>>
>>Why not use the PIC and a dac? The code would be interesting.
>>
>>John
>>
>I want the finished product to have mechanical chimes, the electronic
>bells (twelve, with the ability to strike 2-4 at the same time, or
>strike one while another is still ringing down)
>
>To get the timing for the music I thought a little excursion into
>electronic bells would be helpful, because the mechanical parts are
>unwieldy, and I haven't committed to a mechanical design I'm satisfied
>with - then I thought this might also make a killer doorbell . . . a
>bit of "mission creep" is setting in.

To simulate the chimes, why not a PC with a sound card? There must be
tons of suitable software around.

John



From: krw on
On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:14:04 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:41:19 -0400, default <default(a)defaulter.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:06:01 -0700, John Larkin
>><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:49:18 -0400, default <default(a)defaulter.net>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:54:04 -0400, Jamie
>>>><jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>default wrote:
>>>>>> Can someone supply a single transistor circuit that will give a damped
>>>>>> sine wave when a pulse is applied? to emulate a bell sound
>>>>>Damped? Do you mean compressed to a sequare wave?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You can do a 180 degree phase shift in a double T RC network how
>>>>>ever, that produces a sine wave. etc..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Feed back --||---+---||----+---||-----Base of tranny..
>>>>> | |
>>>>> | |
>>>>> R R
>>>>> | |
>>>>> com com
>>>>>
>>>>>ect.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Damped as in decaying, just like a bell.
>>>>
>>>>Seems to me John Larkin or Jim Thompson posted something like this a
>>>>long time ago. Searching didn't find exactly what I want. I'm
>>>>building a set of mechanical chimes but wanted something to use until
>>>>I work out the kinks - and test the pic timing.
>>>
>>>I did a bell simulator once, but I used several, three or four,
>>>damped-ringing LC resonators. A single one didn't sound very
>>>bell-like. Turns out that bells have a number of nearby resonant
>>>modes, each with not-quite harmonics. Complex.
>>>
>>>The thing I did drove loudspeakers in the bow of a ship to go
>>>bong-bong-bong every 30 seconds in the fog, so a crew guy didn't have
>>>to stand there all night whacking a bell.
>>>
>>>Why not use the PIC and a dac? The code would be interesting.
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>>I want the finished product to have mechanical chimes, the electronic
>>bells (twelve, with the ability to strike 2-4 at the same time, or
>>strike one while another is still ringing down)
>>
>>To get the timing for the music I thought a little excursion into
>>electronic bells would be helpful, because the mechanical parts are
>>unwieldy, and I haven't committed to a mechanical design I'm satisfied
>>with - then I thought this might also make a killer doorbell . . . a
>>bit of "mission creep" is setting in.
>
>To simulate the chimes, why not a PC with a sound card? There must be
>tons of suitable software around.

MP3 player.
From: George Herold on
On Jun 6, 1:05 pm, "john jardine" <zen177...(a)zen.co.uk> wrote:
> "default" <defa...(a)defaulter.net> wrote in message
>
> news:9dhk06dltvk703cdpri3dt91bvjnbjr6cf(a)4ax.com...
>
> > Can someone supply a single transistor circuit that will give a damped
> > sine wave when a pulse is applied? to emulate a bell sound
> > --
>
>                                                       ,---------,
>                                                       |         |5V
>                                                      .-.        -
>                                                      | |       ---
>                                                      | |4k7     |
>                                                      '-'       ===
>                                                       |        GND
>                   ,-----------------------------o-----o
>                   |                             |     |    Damped Sine
>                   |                            .-.1M  o-------o Out
>                   |                            | |    |    ->   ~1Vpp
>                   |                            | |    |
>                   |  10k        10k            '-'    |
>                   |    ___        ___      ||   |   |/
>                   o---|___|---o--|___|--o--||---o---| BC547
>                   |           |         |  ||       |>
>                   |          ---        |  10u        |
>                   |          ---100n    |             o------
>                   |           |         |             |     |
>                   |          ===        |             |    ---
>                   |    ||          ||   |             |    --- 10u
>                   '----||-----o----||---'             |     |
>                        ||     |    ||                .-.    |
>                      10n     .-.    10n              | |   .-."Q"Pot
>                              | |                     | |   | |<-.
>                              | |                     '-'   | |  |220
>                              '-'1k                 1k |    '-'  |
>                    ->         |                       |     |   |
>              PIC o------------'                      ===   === ===
>              Narrow Pulse                            GND   GND GND
>              to Ring
>
> (created by AACircuit v1.28 beta 10/06/04www.tech-chat.de)

That's cool, I have no use for it but I'll have to copy it down.

George H.
From: default on
On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:14:04 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:41:19 -0400, default <default(a)defaulter.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:06:01 -0700, John Larkin
>><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:49:18 -0400, default <default(a)defaulter.net>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:54:04 -0400, Jamie
>>>><jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>default wrote:
>>>>>> Can someone supply a single transistor circuit that will give a damped
>>>>>> sine wave when a pulse is applied? to emulate a bell sound
>>>>>Damped? Do you mean compressed to a sequare wave?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You can do a 180 degree phase shift in a double T RC network how
>>>>>ever, that produces a sine wave. etc..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Feed back --||---+---||----+---||-----Base of tranny..
>>>>> | |
>>>>> | |
>>>>> R R
>>>>> | |
>>>>> com com
>>>>>
>>>>>ect.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Damped as in decaying, just like a bell.
>>>>
>>>>Seems to me John Larkin or Jim Thompson posted something like this a
>>>>long time ago. Searching didn't find exactly what I want. I'm
>>>>building a set of mechanical chimes but wanted something to use until
>>>>I work out the kinks - and test the pic timing.
>>>
>>>I did a bell simulator once, but I used several, three or four,
>>>damped-ringing LC resonators. A single one didn't sound very
>>>bell-like. Turns out that bells have a number of nearby resonant
>>>modes, each with not-quite harmonics. Complex.
>>>
>>>The thing I did drove loudspeakers in the bow of a ship to go
>>>bong-bong-bong every 30 seconds in the fog, so a crew guy didn't have
>>>to stand there all night whacking a bell.
>>>
>>>Why not use the PIC and a dac? The code would be interesting.
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>>I want the finished product to have mechanical chimes, the electronic
>>bells (twelve, with the ability to strike 2-4 at the same time, or
>>strike one while another is still ringing down)
>>
>>To get the timing for the music I thought a little excursion into
>>electronic bells would be helpful, because the mechanical parts are
>>unwieldy, and I haven't committed to a mechanical design I'm satisfied
>>with - then I thought this might also make a killer doorbell . . . a
>>bit of "mission creep" is setting in.
>
>To simulate the chimes, why not a PC with a sound card? There must be
>tons of suitable software around.
>
>John
>
>
I don't want to simulate, I want hardware making sound.

A PC for a door bell is overkill - and the real thing will be
mechanical that is a design goal.
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