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Before people go asking who's music or what songs these are in this video, these beats are made by my brother. :) You can visit his website www.motabeatz.com or YouTube channel for more information and songs.
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Image Notes 1. 12v Adapter. Be sure to read step 5 to find out more about this or any other adapter! 2. Ripped this from the switch as well. It's the part where the adapter goes in to and a toggle switch. Eventually I didn't use the toggle switch. 3. 5mm LED's - Blue - Water Clear 4. TIP31 transistor. To be precise, this is a TIP31c transistor. But from what I've read on the internet, a TIP31a and TIP31b can be used as well. 5. 3.5 Jack plug. Who doesn't have old headphones lying around :) 6. Sandpaper - 400 7. A4 Acrylic sheet 3mm - Also known as 'Plexiglass'.
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Image Notes 1. Hole for the audio cable. 2. Hole for the adapter.
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Image Notes 1. LED after sanding: Diffused LED 2. Water Clear LED's.
Image Notes 1. The left LED is diffused and the right LED is still the original water clear LED.
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Image Notes 1. I've attached the white wire (right channel) to the TIP31. Since I won't use the red wire, I cut it of. 2. Please don't get cunfused, this is the backside of the TIP31!
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Step 7: Finishing up
We've now got all the parts we need. All we need to do now is put the bottom part into the cube to make it a whole cube. 1. Use the glue gun again to put the connector for the adapter right behind the hole. Tip: Plug the cable in before gluing. This way the connector will always be on the right spot. 2. Sand the sides of the bottom plate so it fits snugly into the bottom. You just want the bottom plate slightly bigger then the hole it fits in. This way, once you put it in there, it will get stuck and won't let go while moving the cube. We won't glue the bottom, in case we need to open it for some reason. So make sure the bottom fits in tight. That's it!! Now plug everything in and put your music on max and enjoy! You can change this project as much as you like. Use any LED's you want, create the box that fits the best on your desk, etc. You can also build the cube from my previous instructable . I used photoshop to show you how different colors would look like ( photo 7 ). I tried to make this instructable the way so everyone can understand it. I'll try to answer them all. If you want to make one and get stuck, we'll try to get through it together. If you have any questions please don't be shy and let me know.
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Image Notes 1. You can make a knot here so when accidentally pull the cable, nothing will break off inside.
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arnarg says:
Jun 3, 2012. 3:43 AM REPLY Why does every instruction of this I've seen suggest the TIP31. Shouldn't any NPN transistor that can withstand the current of the circuit work? I tried it with 2N2222A transistor I had and had no problems with it.
manas.g29 says:
Aug 13, 2012. 1:21 PM REPLY I agree did it my self with both 2n2222 and irfz44n mosfet. works like a charm. i suppose they use tip31 becuz of the high current it can deliver. for that i used a mosfet as i had to light 5meters of high intensity led strip and couldnt find tip31 in market.
mpalubinskas says:
Does P2N2222A transistor work? I tried to do the circuit with this transistor, but nothing happens...
manas.g29 says:
Aug 20, 2012. 10:33 AM REPLY i did it with 2n2222, but p2n2222a is same transistor designed for lower current so it should work. try using it with a single LED and resistor first. if it doesn't work then ur transistor might be faulty. try doing with BC547/548/549. they are very low current transistors so use only a single LEDresistor pair.. this will confirm whether u are getting a suitable signal output or not.
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mpalubinskas says:
I tried using only one led and resistor and it still didnt work. Then i tried another transistor, but still no effect.
crazy42 says:
I made the circuit for testing but it didn't work. but i don't know what's wrong. pls help me
Nadr0j says:
Hey crazy42.
Have you checked the online to confirm the polarity of the pins on your transistor? Not all transistors have the same pin setup. For example.. On my circuit I am using a 2N222A transistor. The pins go (from left to right) Emitter, Base, and Collector. The Tip31 transistor (which is the one used in this 'ible), on the other hand, goes (from left to right) Base, Collector, Emitter. The placement of the pins dictates where you must place your positive and negative leads in the circuit. I was unable to view the datasheet for your transistor on my computer. But maybe you can. Best of luck to you. http://alltransistors.com/pdfview.php?doc=kt837.pdf&dire=_integral
crazy42 says:
I did it like you said. the pins are from left to right: Emitter, Collector and Base. It didn't work again((( Is it right connection?
psycho_3852 says:
Aug 20, 2012. 11:45 PM REPLY I'm going to assume that your LED is a standard 3V. If it is then your 4V power supply might be over powering your LED. following the formula in the instructions. (adapter output voltage / LED voltage = Total LED's) but backwards. (Total LED's x LED voltage = adapter output voltage) to see if you have the correct voltage needed. if I did this right (correct me if I did not) then that would mean that your LED has 3V going to it, if this is true then your in luck, but you should take a look at your adapter with a multimeter to see the true voltage. it could be more then it says on the label. if it is then you might have to add a resistor to it to get it down to 3V. or possibly replace the LED depending on its tolerance and if it is blown out already. But please consider that I might be wrong about this so do a little bit of research about this before you try anything.
crazy42 says:
It works right when I connect it to 4v (the led)
mpalubinskas says:
When I use my P2N2222A transistor nothing happens. Do you have any ideas why? I used the pins correctly
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Nadr0j says:
Aug 19, 2012. 9:16 PM REPLY It's tough to say without looking at your setup. I found one in my spare parts bin and put it in my circuit and it worked fine. Chances are something is wired up funky. Would you be willing to post a picture of your circuit so some of us could take a look at it?
mpalubinskas says:
Aug 20, 2012. 3:21 AM REPLY Sorry for my bad camera, but here's the picture of my circuit. I tried to add some notes for you because it is hard to clearly see whats in there. I hope this will help you to help me ;) NOTE: that is the back of the transistor
EET1982 says:
Aug 19, 2012. 2:02 PM REPLY I used the TIP31C and BC548 and it works great. The pins are different between BJT's and the High Power Transistors. I know you said you checked the pins. Not sure what else it could be. At first I thought to connect both the white and red wire. Found out they are the two different channels. If you connect just the red, or just the white, and the metal wiring to the ground it should work. Try that?
psycho_3852 says:
Aug 20, 2012. 11:27 PM REPLY I'm also trying to do what [arp001] is trying to do. but I think everyone is misunderstanding his question. i think he is also looking for a way to set each specific LED to light up at a different frequency of the music playing. i.e some LED's will react to highs, others will react to mid, and the last set will react to lows (bass/base). if this is not the question that [arp001] is asking then sorry, my mistake. But I would like to see if this would be possible anyway. if so it would be very helpful if someone can post a basic sciatic. Thank you
mpalubinskas says:
Does PN2NNNNA transistor work? becouse when i connect it like this guide tells it doesn't work
EET1982 says:
Aug 18, 2012. 5:58 PM REPLY Hi. Thank you for your great Instructable! I took your idea and ran with it abit. I also had a 12v PSU that outputted 18v. I added 5 rows of 6 blue and white leds in series. It makes for a great effect. I'm not sure what kind of enclosure to put them in yet. In the video below they are on a breadboard. Again, thanks for the awesome Instructable!
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kfryers says:
Jun 19, 2012. 3:31 AM REPLY Can someone help me out? Im trying to implement this into my car, but not sure how to? Because this is using a 3.5mm audio jack to plug into your ipod or computer, so how would i do this in a car because there is nowhere to plug a 3.5mm jack? So basically this wiring diagram is how i want it to be in my car, The top left box symbolises the music box (This circuit that makes the LEDs flash) and basically im having red green and blue LED strips in each footwell so thats why you see two of each colour, and each footwell has a 3 toggle switch so the person sitting there can choose the colour, and then the other switch at top left is going to be a 3 way switch so i can choose whether i want the music box on (so LEDs flash to music) or off (so LEDs just stay on, no flashing to music)
manas.g29 says:
connect it to speakers after amp or use 3.5mm splitter cable.
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eckoview05 says:
Jul 12, 2012. 4:18 AM REPLY I am using this in car. I have it connected to my line out converter and when i turn the volume up really loud i blow my leds. If i were to put a pot or fixed resistor on the positive side of the audio input would that prevent them from blowing?
manas.g29 says:
put suitable resistor in series with LEDs.
Adambowker98 says:
Jun 24, 2012. 11:41 AM REPLY Am I just completely missing something, or will you not actually hear the music because the jack is plugged in to the computer?
manas.g29 says:
3.5mm splitter cable can be used or you can do it by connecting directly to speakers after its amp.
zerox00 says:
I had used the exact schematic above and had attached it to the back of my monitor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7a_MwgPotM
nihaatilve says:
can u please explain the working of transistor...!!!! what it does exactly n ol!! n Thanx a lot buddy for dis gr8 instructables...!!!
nihaatilve says:
Aug 9, 2012. 8:01 AM REPLY gr8 instructables buddy!! u made it really easy for us to understand...!!.. i thought of doin dis project.... got almost all d components....btw i hav tip31A trasistor .... is it ok if i use tip31A transistor.. wil it work??????? Do reply!!!!!
sheadacus says:
Aug 7, 2012. 10:06 AM REPLY Love this project! Finished mine about a month ago. Used 100 LEDs and modified the circuit slightly. Made two frosted plexiglass towers and a long box under my dresser. Also put a switch for on/off/music on it. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tXIN6MFeW4 Mar 15, 2012. 6:33 PM REPLY I haven't been able to make the LED music box based on your tutorial but I've designed my own with 6 LED and split them into the left + right channel for better visual appearance :D However, your post inspired me to make them. Also in near future I will make some fancy case for them and place them in my room :) Here is the short video I made just to show you how does it look. LEDs are running on 5V DC so you can power them from USB or even battery.
ColdKeyboard says:
sheadacus says:
Aug 7, 2012. 9:58 AM REPLY amazing I can do this project but can't embed a video in the comments, how'd you do that? The rich editor's video embedder just writes the url.
jockkitto16 says:
that is seriously awesome! i'm going to make one of those as soon as i get the chance! BTW i like your taste in music :P
bsakach says:
Apr 18, 2012. 12:28 PM REPLY hey could you please send me a diagram of how you wired this? I'm working on a project and would love to have left/right channels. Thanks for the help.
ColdKeyboard says:
Here you go. Cheers.
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acarballo says:
Mar 28, 2012. 9:28 PM REPLY Very Neat, but can i ask you a question? How exactly do you get to play music AND have the audio jack from the led box at the same time? you use one of those audio splitters?
nilnate519 says:
Apr 9, 2012. 11:22 AM REPLY Yes, and they are fairly cheap, but if you want to play on speakers instead of headphones you might also want to get a male 3.5 jack from radio shack which has a way to plug in for your speakers to the splitter. Mar 29, 2012. 1:50 AM REPLY You can buy audio splitter or you can create your own from audio extension cable. You cut the top female jack and solder it near the male jack at the bottom and then those 3 wires you get at the top you solder to base of your transistors. You put the male jack in the sound card and the speakers jack in the female jack of the extension cable. :) I hope you understood what I was saying... if not I will try to create an image of how-to make that cable.
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BpEoEnRg says:
Aug 6, 2012. 7:32 PM REPLY Great tutorial, works awesome. The only problem is that no one ever addresses the new audio cables and the lacquer coating (where i think a lot of people are having problems.) The wires are so fine that I don't care what people say if you take a knife or flame to that wire its gone faster then the lacquer. SOLUTION - Make your own headphone cable. Use the jack and remove all wires and the casing so your left with the bare metal jack. You'll notice that there are three steps in the metal same as the male end of the jack. Solder or connect your wire to be used as the ground to the first step on the side of the plug you normally wouldn't see (any wire will work, except newer style ones with lacquer on them. You will know this from the lack of visible insulation on the wires, there not really touching there's just the thin layer of lacquer insulating them) The outer most layer is your ground. If your just using one transistor you only going to need the left or right so the other wire is up to you (I put it on the end to keep it easy which gave me the right channel). After a day of flipping and switching the circuit every way i realized that the problem lied in the headphone jacks wire itself. Sorry my camera sucks and that's not worth a video.
nickmaza says:
I modified your circuit and attached my circuit below. I had to swap the ground and left channel to make the circuit work but the LEDs are really dim. Changes I made * replaced 12v battery with 9v battery * swapped left and ground * reduced the number of LEDs to two and added a resistor I also tried removing the resistor and copy your circuit but the lights still were dim. if use the exact circuit nothing comes up. I have also attached a snap of the transistor I am using.
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rinald says:
can this same principle be applied to a 5.1 surround sound system by taking the output from each speaker independently?
arp001 says:
May 16, 2012. 4:16 PM REPLY How would I make this circuit more sensitive and less sensitive to the sound levels. I'm new in electrons so more specific would be appreciated (i.e. specific resistors or transistors). I just built this project and it works great. I want to build a box that has different color LEDs that are sensitive to specific levels of sound. So the some LEDs will be on a low threshold circuit, some with a higher threshold, and some on an even higher.
Nadr0j says:
Use a potentiometer to adjust gain.
mr.johndeer1 says:
May 29, 2012. 10:09 PM REPLY buy a variable resistor at Radioshack. Basically the same as a volume knob. If you are having problems with it staying constantly lit and bright, insert it right after the power supply and adjust it to your preference.
raja12 says:
can i use 9v battery?
Nadr0j says:
Yes. Just use appropriate resistors.
rzahid says:
Can please anybody tell me how this thing is working,,?? how the transistor is responding to the sound levels..??
Nadr0j says:
Jul 30, 2012. 12:14 PM REPLY To me it sounds like you're unfamiliar with how a transistor works. You should google around to figure this out. It is the main component in this circuit. I'll even get you through the first step :-). http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Youtube%3A+How+does+a+transistor+work%3F Best of luck to you. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Cogle says:
Why did you not need any current limiting resistors
Nadr0j says:
If you're interested here is my speculation. The LEDs have build in resistors (unlikely based on their appearance.)
You can also hook up some high forward voltage drop LEDs directly without a resistor but they will burn out much more quickly due to the lack of current reduction. Best of luck to you.
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Nadr0j says:
Great 'ible. Thanks for sharing.
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