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Mono VU Meter


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By: kurt

A VU meter is used to display the loudness of an audio signal. This open source VU meter lights up ten LEDs to show how loud a mono audio signal is. Two of these can be made to show the loudness of each channel in a stereo signal.

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. Insert wires

Insert the red wires as shown.

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. Collect LEDs

Collect your 10 LEDs. You can use any color LEDs that you would like. One common arrangement is LEDs 1-7: green, LEDs 8-9: yellow, LED 10: red. I used just red LEDs.

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. Insert LED1

Insert the first LED as shown. The positive leg of the LED (the long leg) connects to the red wire. The short leg goes to the LM3916 IC.

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. Insert LED2

Insert the second LED. The long, positive leg goes connects to the +9V rail on the far right side of the bread board. All of the following LEDs also have their long, positive legs connected to this rail.

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. Insert LED3

Insert the third LED.

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