Case #91: Dick Worked the Graveyard Shift
By Design News Staff -- Design News, October 8, 2006
When the local church needed storm effects for a skit, sound man Dick Neubert found the thunder on the Internet and added “lightning” with a photoflash strobe. He used an uncommitted output from the mixing board to trigger the strobe with the sound signal via a simple interface. The strobe places 300V across SCR1, which discharges this into the trigger coil to fire the tube. In all, this common strobe design will deliver some very uncommon effects for your next Halloween spookfest.
| Lighting Special Effects | ||
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| Amt | Part Description | Allied Part # |
| 3 | Diode 1N4001 | 266-0001 |
| 1 | R1 470 Ohm, .5W | 296-5678 |
| 1 | SCR NTE 5457 | 935-6236 |
| 1 | Phone plug, 1/8 inch | 283-0072 |
| Additional parts required | ||
| Strobe connector (Note: phone plug should matchamplifier); R2 – see build instructions | ||
Download Dick Neubert's complete instructions on how to build your own lighting special effects.
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Gadget Freaks
PDF file is "not readable" by Adobe Reader.
No matter which method or browser is used to download it.
That includes both by "Dick",
CA6376058_Instructions.pdf for strobe as well as the related sound-effect screaming doorbell plans...
any suggestions?
- 2006-13-10 05:29:52 EDT -
Gadget Freaks
PDF file is "not readable" by Adobe Reader.
No matter which method or browser is used to download it.
That includes both by "Dick",
CA6376058_Instructions.pdf for strobe as well as the related sound-effect screaming doorbell plans...
any suggestions?
- 2006-13-10 05:29:48 EDT
