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MONOSTABLE 555 - MOMENTARY SWITCH<br> | MONOSTABLE 555 - MOMENTARY SWITCH<br> | ||
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The "Loudness Kill Switch" reacts to the loudness of music emmited from a speaker. The mechanical construction consists of an aluminium ball applied to a loudspeaker, moving towards a copper rod when music is played. The circuit will be closed if the aluminium ball gets in contact with the copper rod. | The "Loudness Kill Switch" reacts to the loudness of music emmited from a speaker. | ||
That happening a LED will light up and the loudspeaker (connected to an amplifier again connected to a solid state relay) will turn off for ca. 30 seconds. This time passed the loudspeaker will turn on as the LED will turn off again. | The mechanical construction consists of an aluminium ball applied to a loudspeaker, | ||
moving towards a copper rod when music is played. The circuit will be closed if the | |||
aluminium ball gets in contact with the copper rod. | |||
That happening a LED will light up and the loudspeaker (connected to an amplifier | |||
again connected to a solid state relay) will turn off for ca. 30 seconds. | |||
This time passed the loudspeaker will turn on as the LED will turn off again. | |||