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Страница 1: ...DIY Synth Kit Manual ...

Страница 2: ... guide to making your own electronic Synth All the equipment you ll need to make your synth is your DIY Synth kit and of course your fingers We hope you enjoy this creative task learn some new technological skills and apply them to your life in useful ways ...

Страница 3: ...in the Appendix at the back of the manual Learn about their use within the circuit you are building Making Time The kit takes about a fun filled hour to complete depending on how creative you get with the construction of your Synth box Technology Will Save Us Further Resources Information on how the circuit works alongside different ways to extend your Synth can be found on our resource page twsu ...

Страница 4: ...4 1x 8 Ohm Speaker 5 1x 1k Ohm Resistor 6 1x 4 7K Logarithmic Potentiometer Volume Control 7 2x 470K Linear Potentiometer Frequency and Pitch Control 8 1x NE556 Timer IC Integrated Circuit 9 1x 10uf Electrolytic Capacitor Cylindrical and Black 10 2x 10nf Ceramic Capacitor Check your components to make sure you have all the parts to build your DIY Synth ...

Страница 5: ...5 DIY Synth Manual Top Tip Some components may look slightly different to the ones above don t be alarmed this is normal 1 4 2 3 5 8 9 10 6 7 Technology Will Save Us ...

Страница 6: ...of this image marked in red and blue are used as power rails They provide a convenient way to supply components with electricity The power rails are connected all the way along the edges of the breadboard However the inside rails on the breadboard run perpendicular to those on the outside These are marked in orange ...

Страница 7: ...or the positive voltage supply and black for the ground Top red rail connects to the bottom red rail and the top black rail to the bottom black Top Tip For this kit we have colour coded the wires for you But as a general rule red wires are positive and black are negative Sticking to this will help you when building your own creations Technology Will Save Us ...

Страница 8: ...e other side of the notch at pin 14 Place the chip over the gutter of the breadboard with the notch facing to the left Placing the chip near the centre gives you room to space out the other components around the board 556 Dual Timer discharge A threshold A control A reset A output A trigger A 0V trigger B output B reset B control B threshold discharge 4 5 to 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 ...

Страница 9: ...ring of the IC Chip pins Step 2 Now connect the chip to the power rails using the following wires Use the small red wires to connect Pins 4 10 and 14 to the positive red rail Use the small black wire to connect Pin 7 to the blue ground rail Technology Will Save Us ...

Страница 10: ...C chip Top Tip Resistors can be plugged in any way around Their legs are the same length which is a way to tell that it can be plugged in both ways Also if you look at the body of the resistor you ll see that there are different coloured stripes These stripes tell us what value the resistor is Brown Black Red 1K Ohm ...

Страница 11: ...ual Connecting the Pins 4 Step 4 Use the 2 yellow jumper wires to connect the following IC chip pins together Pin 2 to 6 Pin 5 to 8 Use the small silver wire to connect the following IC chip pins together Pin 12 to 13 ...

Страница 12: ...rs 5 Top Tip There are two types of capacitors Those that do care which way they are plugged in and those that don t The easy way to tell them apart is to check to see if their legs are the same length If they are then just like the resistor they can be plugged in any way around If not Then the long leg always must be plugged into the voltage and the short leg must be plugged into the ground This ...

Страница 13: ...often used to control volume increase the resistance decreases the volume The change in resistance takes place at what is called the wiper pin Typically the wiper pin is the middle pin on the potentiometer Add the two red wires on the left hand side of the breadboard These will be connected from the positive voltage rail red to the left pins of the two 470K potentiometers in the next step 6 Step 5...

Страница 14: ...e from row 3 of the breadboard to pin 13 of the chip Connect the second blue wire from row 3 of the breadboard to pin 1 of the chip Add the two 470K potentiometers Their resistance is marked on the back of the casing Make sure that the red wires from the previous step connect to their left pin and the blue wires to their middle wiper pins Technology Will Save Us ...

Страница 15: ...the one that wants voltage to pin 9 on the chip The shorter leg should be placed a few holes along from the right hand side of the chip In order to give space for the final potentiometer to be attached 7 Step 7 Top Tip This capacitor has two different length legs That means its polarized and has to be connected in a specific way ...

Страница 16: ...volume control Align it with the shaft pointing away from the chip The left leg should be in line vertically with the short leg of the capacitor from the previous step Take your Transistor 4 7K Potentiometer You can tell it is the correct one of the three by the resistance which is marked on the back of its casing 8 ...

Страница 17: ... DIY Synth Manual Speaker One wire of the speaker wires goes to the ground rail the other to the wiper middle leg of the volume 4 7K potentiometer Take your Speaker which is pictured on the right 9 Step 9 ...

Страница 18: ...of the battery clip to the ground rail and red wire to the positive rail Add your battery and your done Now your ready to create some musical madness Take your Battery Clip which is pictured on the right Noticing that it has a black and a red wire connected to it 10 ...

Страница 19: ...19 DIY Synth Manual Circuit Check Circuit Check ...

Страница 20: ...t old tin that s sat on your windowsill or design your own personal housing for your synth Then customise with stickers Sharpies or paint When you are happy with your creation all that is left to do is create sweet sweet music For those of you who want to test your skills and learn more check out http twsu co synth You will find many more creations and hacks to expand your technological orchestra ...

Страница 21: ...amples below are just a very simple wooden casing with a removable acrylic lid But you could make it out of almost anything Whatever you make your casing out of a few things to keep in mind are You need to be able to get at the battery to change it The speaker works best on a hard surface and you ll have to drill a hole through this to mount it The casing needs to have a few holes for your control...

Страница 22: ...and 15 resistors Resistors Resistors are used in a circuit to restrict the flow of electrical cur rent and stop things from blowing up The resistors in measured in Ohms Electrolytic Capacitor A capacitor is like a big bucket it stores up charge waits until it s full then release it all in one go How much charge depends on the size of the capacitor measured in farads Speaker This is a loud speaker ...

Страница 23: ...n one direction with the red wire being positive and the black wire nega tive Potentiometer A potentiometer is a resistor that you can control Turning the knob on the potentiometer increases and decreases the amount of re sistance bit like a tap and the flow of water Breadboard No soldering required A breadboard allows you to build circuits without having to solder due to its rows and columns each...

Страница 24: ...f unleashing new possibilities Devices gadgets and computers are all a part of our everyday life and yet most people know so little about what these things are made of let alone how to fix them or create new uses for them We believe that the opportunity for technology to play a richer more creative role in our lives has yet to be explored ThankYou ...

Страница 25: ... idea for a workshop we should teach Do you want to teach a class yourself We d love to hear from you Contact us by email or find out more on our website info technologywillsaveus org www technologywillsaveus org techwillsaveus Contact ...

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