Sonic Defender project
 

Hello,

I wanted to resurrect an old project from Popular Electronics magazine May
1991. I thought some people on this list might want to build it.

Its a very very loud alarm, to get someone's attention, but the frequencies
that it operates at don't match the description in the magazine article,
they're higher. The alarm is still very annoying though. Some of the parts
are not available such as the matsu****a transducer ( piezo) if anyone knows
were to get them please post. I use a piezo tweeter which is much larger
but works very well.

It's a three page article so here we go.

Shaun

Sonic Defender project
 

"Shaun" wrote in message
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Hello,

I wanted to resurrect an old project from Popular Electronics magazine May
1991. I thought some people on this list might want to build it.

Its a very very loud alarm, to get someone's attention, but the
frequencies
that it operates at don't match the description in the magazine article,
they're higher. The alarm is still very annoying though. Some of the
parts
are not available such as the matsu****a transducer ( piezo) if anyone
knows
were to get them please post. I use a piezo tweeter which is much larger
but works very well.

It's a three page article so here we go.

Shaun


oops, the pages didn't go threw in the right order.

also note that Niche Technologies cannot be found, so you can't order parts
from them.

Shaun

Sonic Defender project
 

"Shaun" wrote in message
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oops, the pages didn't go threw in the right order.

also note that Niche Technologies cannot be found, so you can't order
parts from them.

Shaun


Nice scan quality. You must have used high quality (low compression) as
there are very few artifacts about single points.
I usually try scanning to a PDF file and can get multiple pages into one
document. Single pages, especially with line art work well with a GIF
format.

Sonic Defender project
 

"Shaun" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I wanted to resurrect an old project from Popular Electronics magazine May
1991. I thought some people on this list might want to build it.

Its a very very loud alarm, to get someone's attention, but the
frequencies
that it operates at don't match the description in the magazine article,
they're higher. The alarm is still very annoying though. Some of the
parts
are not available such as the matsu****a transducer ( piezo) if anyone
knows
were to get them please post. I use a piezo tweeter which is much larger
but works very well.

It's a three page article so here we go.

Shaun




I figured out how to get the frequencies right. Change C3 and C4 to 0.022uF
from 0.01uF
That lowers the frequencies and make the alarm louder and at the right
pitch. Problem solved.

Shaun

Sonic Defender project
 

"Shaun" wrote in message
...

"Shaun" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I wanted to resurrect an old project from Popular Electronics magazine
May
1991. I thought some people on this list might want to build it.

Its a very very loud alarm, to get someone's attention, but the
frequencies
that it operates at don't match the description in the magazine article,
they're higher. The alarm is still very annoying though. Some of the
parts
are not available such as the matsu****a transducer ( piezo) if anyone
knows
were to get them please post. I use a piezo tweeter which is much larger
but works very well.

It's a three page article so here we go.

Shaun




I figured out how to get the frequencies right. Change C3 and C4 to
0.022uF
from 0.01uF
That lowers the frequencies and make the alarm louder and at the right
pitch. Problem solved.

Shaun


Other changes for more power and louder:

Change the 10 ohm resistor (R7) at the emitter of Q1 to a 3.3 ohms at 1
watt.
Change R6 to 180 ohms.
Change R5 to 470 ohms.
And for the piezo buzzer, use a piezo tweeter, you can get them off of ebay.

Shaun

Sonic Defender project
 

"Shaun" wrote in message
...

"Shaun" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I wanted to resurrect an old project from Popular Electronics magazine
May
1991. I thought some people on this list might want to build it.

Its a very very loud alarm, to get someone's attention, but the
frequencies
that it operates at don't match the description in the magazine article,
they're higher. The alarm is still very annoying though. Some of the
parts
are not available such as the matsu****a transducer ( piezo) if anyone
knows
were to get them please post. I use a piezo tweeter which is much larger
but works very well.

It's a three page article so here we go.

Shaun




I figured out how to get the frequencies right. Change C3 and C4 to
0.022uF
from 0.01uF
That lowers the frequencies and make the alarm louder and at the right
pitch. Problem solved.

Shaun



Correction: Change C4 to 0.022uF and leave C3 at 0.01uF

Shaun

Sonic Defender project
 

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:06:17 -0600, Shaun wrote:

Other changes for more power and louder:

Change the 10 ohm resistor (R7) at the emitter of Q1 to a 3.3 ohms at 1
watt.
Change R6 to 180 ohms.
Change R5 to 470 ohms.
And for the piezo buzzer, use a piezo tweeter, you can get them off of
ebay.

Or just spring for a Sonalert and be done with it. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

Sonic Defender project
 

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:06:17 -0600, Shaun wrote:

Other changes for more power and louder:

Change the 10 ohm resistor (R7) at the emitter of Q1 to a 3.3 ohms at 1
watt.
Change R6 to 180 ohms.
Change R5 to 470 ohms.
And for the piezo buzzer, use a piezo tweeter, you can get them off of
ebay.

Or just spring for a Sonalert and be done with it. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

Sonic Defender project
 

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:06:17 -0600, Shaun wrote:

Other changes for more power and louder:

Change the 10 ohm resistor (R7) at the emitter of Q1 to a 3.3 ohms at 1
watt.
Change R6 to 180 ohms.
Change R5 to 470 ohms.
And for the piezo buzzer, use a piezo tweeter, you can get them off of
ebay.

Or just spring for a Sonalert and be done with it. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich