| Yesitsdrew5310 | 07-05-2006 12:34 AM |
DIY - 555 Shift Light Buzzer
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DIY 555 Shift Light Buzzer
Photos and Text by: Drew Brashler (yesitsdrew5310)
Disclaimer: Modification of your car involves risks and may void your warranty. I can not be held responsible for the modifications you consciously decide to undertake nor for the results of doing so.
Note: This modification was made to an Auto Meter Pro Shift Lite, other models installations may differ slightly.
[B]Tools Needed:[/B]
- Philips Screwdriver
- Soldering Iron
- Solder
- Small Wire Clippers
[B]Parts Needed:[/B]
- 555 Timer Integrated Circuit
- LM386N Integrated Circuit
- 8 Pin IC Lifters
- Small Speaker or Buzzer
- 2.2k Ohm Resistor
- 220 Ohm Resistor
- 10 Ohm Resistor
- 220 uF Capacitor
- 4.7 uF Capacitor
- 0.02 uF Capacitor
- 0.01 uF Capacitor
Jason from Rally Innovations sent me his Auto Meter �Pro Shift Lite� in hopes that I could make a circuit to make a loud annoying beep when the shift light goes off. He wanted it to be fairly small and have a switch to turn on and off the buzzer.
So, I knew I needed to have an oscillator to make the tone (or beep). That oscillator needed to go through an audio amplifier to make it loud.
I talked to my father about some ideas of how to make this work. We decided on a 555 Timer Integrated Circuit (IC) to make the tone and a LM386N Audio Amplifier IC to power a small speaker.
[B]555 Shift Light Buzzer Schematic:[/B]
Here is the schematic I came up with for the buzzer. I took the positive and negative leads off the light bulb from inside the shift light to power my buzzer circuit.
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[B]Step 1 � Bread Boarding The Circuit:[/B]
I first setup the circuit on a bread board to test it out and make sure it worked. Once the circuit was built on the board, I plugged it into a 12v battery.
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[B]Step 2 � Building The Circuit:[/B]
Next step was to get a small circuit board to build the buzzer on. Once I found that, I started laying the parts out on the board. I then busted out my soldering iron and soldered the parts into place.
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DIY 555 Shift Light Buzzer
Photos and Text by: Drew Brashler (yesitsdrew5310)
Disclaimer: Modification of your car involves risks and may void your warranty. I can not be held responsible for the modifications you consciously decide to undertake nor for the results of doing so.
Note: This modification was made to an Auto Meter Pro Shift Lite, other models installations may differ slightly.
[B]Tools Needed:[/B]
- Philips Screwdriver
- Soldering Iron
- Solder
- Small Wire Clippers
[B]Parts Needed:[/B]
- 555 Timer Integrated Circuit
- LM386N Integrated Circuit
- 8 Pin IC Lifters
- Small Speaker or Buzzer
- 2.2k Ohm Resistor
- 220 Ohm Resistor
- 10 Ohm Resistor
- 220 uF Capacitor
- 4.7 uF Capacitor
- 0.02 uF Capacitor
- 0.01 uF Capacitor
Jason from Rally Innovations sent me his Auto Meter �Pro Shift Lite� in hopes that I could make a circuit to make a loud annoying beep when the shift light goes off. He wanted it to be fairly small and have a switch to turn on and off the buzzer.
So, I knew I needed to have an oscillator to make the tone (or beep). That oscillator needed to go through an audio amplifier to make it loud.
I talked to my father about some ideas of how to make this work. We decided on a 555 Timer Integrated Circuit (IC) to make the tone and a LM386N Audio Amplifier IC to power a small speaker.
[B]555 Shift Light Buzzer Schematic:[/B]
Here is the schematic I came up with for the buzzer. I took the positive and negative leads off the light bulb from inside the shift light to power my buzzer circuit.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Yesitsdrew5310/Subaru%20Stuff/555%20Shift%20Buzzer/_DSC8073.jpg[/IMG]
[B]Step 1 � Bread Boarding The Circuit:[/B]
I first setup the circuit on a bread board to test it out and make sure it worked. Once the circuit was built on the board, I plugged it into a 12v battery.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Yesitsdrew5310/Subaru%20Stuff/555%20Shift%20Buzzer/_DSC7995.jpg[/IMG]
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[B]Step 2 � Building The Circuit:[/B]
Next step was to get a small circuit board to build the buzzer on. Once I found that, I started laying the parts out on the board. I then busted out my soldering iron and soldered the parts into place.
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| Yesitsdrew5310 | 07-05-2006 12:35 AM |
[B]Step 3 � Fitting the Circuit Board:[/B]
I next grabbed a small saw to trim the circuit board to a smaller size to fit the enclosure that I wanted to put it in.
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Here are two photos of the circuit board cut and ready to install into the enclosure.
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[B]Step 4 � Connecting To The �Pro Shift Lite�:[/B]
Next thing I did was to grab a Cat 5 network cable and use that to connect to the Shift Light. I needed to drill out some things on the light to make the holes bigger to make room for the wider cables. I then soldered two of the wires to the positive and negative terminals that give power to the light bulb. I also added zip-ties to make it look neat and tidy. After that was all done I put the light back together.
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I next grabbed a small saw to trim the circuit board to a smaller size to fit the enclosure that I wanted to put it in.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Yesitsdrew5310/Subaru%20Stuff/555%20Shift%20Buzzer/_DSC8028.jpg[/IMG]
Here are two photos of the circuit board cut and ready to install into the enclosure.
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[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Yesitsdrew5310/Subaru%20Stuff/555%20Shift%20Buzzer/_DSC8040.jpg[/IMG]
[B]Step 4 � Connecting To The �Pro Shift Lite�:[/B]
Next thing I did was to grab a Cat 5 network cable and use that to connect to the Shift Light. I needed to drill out some things on the light to make the holes bigger to make room for the wider cables. I then soldered two of the wires to the positive and negative terminals that give power to the light bulb. I also added zip-ties to make it look neat and tidy. After that was all done I put the light back together.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Yesitsdrew5310/Subaru%20Stuff/555%20Shift%20Buzzer/_DSC8033.jpg[/IMG]
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| Yesitsdrew5310 | 07-05-2006 12:35 AM |
[B]Step 5 � Building The Enclosure:[/B]
I used a Cat 5 cable to connect the shift light to the buzzer circuit, and I wanted to be able to disconnect the wire incase Jason, from Rally Innovations, needed to put the wire through his dash. So I added a Cat 5 connector and hot glued that inside on the bottom of the enclosure. I added a knot in the cable for strain relief.
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Next I drilled a hole and hot glued a small buzzer to the top of the enclosure. I found the buzzer in an old 56k computer modem.
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I then drilled a hole in the front panel for a on and off switch.
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[B]The Finished Product:[/B]
The buzzer works great. It is very loud and is a high pitch tone around the 5kHz range. I will post comments from Jason when he tries the new shift buzzer out in his car. Here are a few photos of the finished product:
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This concludes my DIY for making the 555 Shift Light Buzzer for the Auto Meter Pro Shift Lite. I hope this will help some of you out in trying to figure out how to build a shift buzzer.
Thanks for reading, and have a great day.
Drew Brashler
I used a Cat 5 cable to connect the shift light to the buzzer circuit, and I wanted to be able to disconnect the wire incase Jason, from Rally Innovations, needed to put the wire through his dash. So I added a Cat 5 connector and hot glued that inside on the bottom of the enclosure. I added a knot in the cable for strain relief.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Yesitsdrew5310/Subaru%20Stuff/555%20Shift%20Buzzer/_DSC8042.jpg[/IMG]
Next I drilled a hole and hot glued a small buzzer to the top of the enclosure. I found the buzzer in an old 56k computer modem.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Yesitsdrew5310/Subaru%20Stuff/555%20Shift%20Buzzer/_DSC8043.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Yesitsdrew5310/Subaru%20Stuff/555%20Shift%20Buzzer/_DSC8044.jpg[/IMG]
I then drilled a hole in the front panel for a on and off switch.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Yesitsdrew5310/Subaru%20Stuff/555%20Shift%20Buzzer/_DSC8045.jpg[/IMG]
[B]The Finished Product:[/B]
The buzzer works great. It is very loud and is a high pitch tone around the 5kHz range. I will post comments from Jason when he tries the new shift buzzer out in his car. Here are a few photos of the finished product:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Yesitsdrew5310/Subaru%20Stuff/555%20Shift%20Buzzer/_DSC8049.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Yesitsdrew5310/Subaru%20Stuff/555%20Shift%20Buzzer/_DSC8053.jpg[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Yesitsdrew5310/Subaru%20Stuff/555%20Shift%20Buzzer/_DSC8055.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Yesitsdrew5310/Subaru%20Stuff/555%20Shift%20Buzzer/_DSC8060.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/Yesitsdrew5310/Subaru%20Stuff/555%20Shift%20Buzzer/_DSC8063.jpg[/IMG]
This concludes my DIY for making the 555 Shift Light Buzzer for the Auto Meter Pro Shift Lite. I hope this will help some of you out in trying to figure out how to build a shift buzzer.
Thanks for reading, and have a great day.
Drew Brashler
| Yesitsdrew5310 | 07-05-2006 12:35 AM |
(extra space, just incase)
| living4surf | 07-05-2006 12:37 AM |
ok so you have four posts so i can post this now right?
| Yesitsdrew5310 | 07-05-2006 12:39 AM |
[QUOTE=living4surf]ok so you have four posts so i can post this now right?[/QUOTE]
Yes, yes you can. :lol: Thanks!
Yes, yes you can. :lol: Thanks!
| nerdydorkus | 07-05-2006 12:40 AM |
wow good job man, can you make me a car out of spit and tissue too?
lol crazy
lol crazy
| living4surf | 07-05-2006 12:47 AM |
nice write up its a pretty cool idea
| Yesitsdrew5310 | 07-05-2006 01:03 AM |
Thanks guys. I like the 555 part. :lol: It just happened out that I used a 555 timer IC. So its a nice subaru-esk part. hah.
| wrxzboost | 07-05-2006 01:07 AM |
very neat...even though i probably wouldn't take on the challenge, its definetley something new. nice writeup!
| Handsdown | 07-05-2006 01:25 AM |
that's awesome.
really freaking awesome. my inner radio-shack geek is bowing to you, sir.:lol:
really freaking awesome. my inner radio-shack geek is bowing to you, sir.:lol:
| veightkiller | 07-05-2006 02:45 AM |
nice mod i'll give you :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
| MoJack | 07-05-2006 02:49 AM |
The moment I saw the schematic I started to break out into a sweat and flash backs of failed physics midterms (thank god 50% is passing for some professors :lol: ). Nevertheless this is an awesome write up for us visual learners. Great job.
| Yesitsdrew5310 | 07-05-2006 02:53 AM |
[QUOTE=MoJack]The moment I saw the schematic I started to break out into a sweat and flash backs of failed physics midterms (thank god 50% is passing for some professors :lol: ). Nevertheless this is an awesome write up for us visual learners. Great job.[/QUOTE]
BAHAHAHA yeah I finished it today. It took me about a day and a half to design and build. I just got over my headache from making it around 2 hours ago. :lol:
BAHAHAHA yeah I finished it today. It took me about a day and a half to design and build. I just got over my headache from making it around 2 hours ago. :lol:
| Yesitsdrew5310 | 07-05-2006 02:53 AM |
[QUOTE=veightkiller]nice mod i'll give you :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:[/QUOTE]
Thank you for the 5 :banana:'s
Thank you for the 5 :banana:'s
| poopooscrum | 07-05-2006 02:01 PM |
nice work man
Thanks for taking the time to post up all the directions and the pics
you are the man
Thanks for taking the time to post up all the directions and the pics
you are the man
| Yesitsdrew5310 | 07-05-2006 02:03 PM |
^^ thank you. It was a lot of fun to build.
| IronMonkeyL255 | 07-05-2006 03:18 PM |
That's great.
Reminds me of the radio shack water injection (or anything injection, really) controller....
Reminds me of the radio shack water injection (or anything injection, really) controller....
| WRXSIG | 07-05-2006 03:23 PM |
hmmmm and i thought wiring the Hellas was a pain. I couldnt even tell you what those pancake looking things are on the circuit board
| Damon | 07-05-2006 03:28 PM |
excellent write up. thanks for sharing.
| WRXDriftR | 07-05-2006 09:30 PM |
thats awesome! but i already got my STi cluster wtih shift light. lol
i have the same soldering iron!
i have the same soldering iron!
| Yesitsdrew5310 | 07-06-2006 01:01 PM |
[QUOTE=WRXDriftR]thats awesome! but i already got my STi cluster wtih shift light. lol
i have the same soldering iron![/QUOTE]
When I started designing the circuit, I was worried that I would have to make a "detection circuit" to detect when the light turned on. But then after busting out the good ol' multi meter, I found out that the bulb was 12v. So I decided to power the buzzer off of the power getting sent to the bulb.
i have the same soldering iron![/QUOTE]
When I started designing the circuit, I was worried that I would have to make a "detection circuit" to detect when the light turned on. But then after busting out the good ol' multi meter, I found out that the bulb was 12v. So I decided to power the buzzer off of the power getting sent to the bulb.
| zx16v | 09-25-2009 04:13 PM |
how the buzzer sound like,long sound or some few beeps(like in the STI)?
| FunkRider | 09-25-2009 04:53 PM |
NICE! Can you post a video of what it sounds like?
Then can you figure out how to make it bark like a dog or Meow when it's time to shift? :lol: :)
Then can you figure out how to make it bark like a dog or Meow when it's time to shift? :lol: :)
| uhmmmitsmik3 | 09-25-2009 07:09 PM |
[quote=FunkRider;28259973]NICE! Can you post a video of what it sounds like?
Then can you figure out how to make it bark like a dog or Meow when it's time to shift? :lol: :)[/quote]
^agreed.. that would be pretty annoying when its time to shift "BARK/MEOW" :lol:.. i would also like to see a video of how this sounds.. thats an awesome DIY
Then can you figure out how to make it bark like a dog or Meow when it's time to shift? :lol: :)[/quote]
^agreed.. that would be pretty annoying when its time to shift "BARK/MEOW" :lol:.. i would also like to see a video of how this sounds.. thats an awesome DIY
| b00st3d | 09-25-2009 07:27 PM |
I wanna hear it!
| dowroa | 09-25-2009 07:47 PM |
Wow. That makes me so want to everything I did in ECE and CPE classes to fix some of the problems I have with my car.
Great write up, and thank you for sharing.
- dow
Edit: ... and i just replied to something form 2006 >:\ Still, a good write-up
Great write up, and thank you for sharing.
- dow
Edit: ... and i just replied to something form 2006 >:\ Still, a good write-up
| DeathPool | 09-26-2009 01:52 AM |
Awesome writeup. A big thumbs up from a fellow ECE major.
| Brisky | 09-26-2009 02:12 AM |
Too complicated for my blood.
But pics installed?
=)
But pics installed?
=)
| zx16v | 09-26-2009 06:27 AM |
a nice three beeps like the subaru STI will be perfect... :)
| zx16v | 09-29-2009 02:42 AM |
someone build this shift light buzzer?
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