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Mono VU Meter
Files
- VU Meter.sch - VU Meter EAGLE Schematic
- VU Meter Schematic.pdf - VU Meter PDF Schematic
Bill of Materials
This open source hardware project contains no parts.
Steps
. Solder wires to audio jack
Solder a pair of wires to the audio jack as shown. The longer terminal in the middle is the reference gound. The other two pins are stereo-left and right. You audio jack may look differently. The pin in the middle/the pin that looks different is usually the reference ground.
. Note: Stereo left vs. stereo right
It doesn't matter if you use stereo left or right. If you build another VU meter, then you can display stero left on one and stereo right on the other.
. Connect audio jack
Connect one of the audio jack's terminals to ground and the other to pin 5 of the LM3916. It doesn't matter which terminal of the audio jack goes where because the audio signal is AC and the IC only measures the peak voltages.
. Plug audio cable into Y-splitter
Plug the other end of the audio cable into a Y-splitter. The male end of the Y-splitter plugs into your PC/iPod. The female end let's you plug in your headphones/speakers.
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Revisions
7 - updated description
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5 - added youtube link. updated line numbers.
4 - changed LED part
3 - added description to project image
2 - added file descriptions
1 - Initial project release
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