whiterabbit
- Sep 14, 2013
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I've followed along with this Instructable: http://www.instructables.com/id/Color-Organ-Triple-Deluxe-II/ but I seem to have gotten myself stuck, and I'm not exactly sure how to troubleshoot it...
I've followed the schematic and gotten everything soldered together, but it doesn't respond as it should. Power seems to be getting through to each LED chain, but there is no responsiveness to input music. The LEDs are on all the time, even with no audio input. The intensity DOES respond to the rotary pot.
The images may be hard to decode, I had to take pictures with my phone; I can go back tonight and edit them so they have a parts key if that will be helpful.
I plan on having the LEDs spaced out further from the board which is why they aren't attached currently. To test, I just set up three chains of each color (R G B, three LEDs in series for each) on a breadboard and connected them with temporary jumpers. I also only used a 9v battery to test this because it was more convenient at the time, but I do have a 12v DC source I can use as well.
I've followed the schematic and gotten everything soldered together, but it doesn't respond as it should. Power seems to be getting through to each LED chain, but there is no responsiveness to input music. The LEDs are on all the time, even with no audio input. The intensity DOES respond to the rotary pot.
The images may be hard to decode, I had to take pictures with my phone; I can go back tonight and edit them so they have a parts key if that will be helpful.
I plan on having the LEDs spaced out further from the board which is why they aren't attached currently. To test, I just set up three chains of each color (R G B, three LEDs in series for each) on a breadboard and connected them with temporary jumpers. I also only used a 9v battery to test this because it was more convenient at the time, but I do have a 12v DC source I can use as well.