Almost Working.....

......everything is put together and it works, but I forgot to solder back the diode.

Now it doesn't work. Here i the schematic.

Tieing componenets together

..with solder and wire.

Adding Components

The start of the Light Organ

Resisters, capacitor and Diodes

Post-Failure Thoughts

There was a certain wire, that seemed to bridge the roll off and the attenuator, which was not on the schematic. I left it loose. Next quarter I hope to spend time figuring out where that wire is supposed to connect to. I may contact Aurycle to ask them to update their schematics, circuit board layout, and photographs.

I was right.

After relentless attempts to make this microphone work, I have failed. The components were installed, the mic looks like a mic, and the schematic mostly matches the final product. When I say "mostly" I mean that the microphone was updated, while the schematic and circuit board layout weren't. There are wires on the mic that do not exist on the schematic. I cannot find out where these connect to, and when the microphone didn't work at all, I didn't take it well.

Here is the schematic:

Here is the circuit board layout:

Here is the kit I had been sent (more or less):

Here's a photo illustrating how useful it is after I built it:

The box which holds my microphone, which began as a container of hope, has since become a coffin for my failed experiment. Frankenstein's creature, but without the life. I plan on coming back next quarter to work on it until I will be able to scream, "It's alive!"

Until then.

Aurycle: The Final Countdown

My microphone arrived a couple days ago. I have begun to assemble it. There is a missing capacitor, yet I push on.

To much solder

I guess I am heavy handed at solder so some of the components were solder together and didn't work.

Here is the start of the new project:

Clean board starting with the audio signal with the battery on the end.