From 30ce6ded3a63550ef16c9b28bc8b26c21efd86c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Correl Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 14:59:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Some more work on the audio switch blog entry --- blog.org | 27 ++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog.org b/blog.org index 0335260..b67401f 100644 --- a/blog.org +++ b/blog.org @@ -5176,18 +5176,23 @@ also been an incredibly powerful tool. I've had these speakers for over twenty years, and for most of them the volume selector has been awful. The speakers themselves are fine, a simple enough pair -of small stereo speakers with an accompanying subwoofer, but the volume selector -is a plastic wheel set in-line with the speaker cable which — when rotated to all -but a few narrow positions — fails to make a solid connection and leaves at least -one of the two speakers cut out. I've put up with it for quite a while, the -positions being good enough and stable enough to enjoy it, but now that I've got -a proper electronics hobby and am far less shy about cutting wires apart I'm -found myself glancing at it thinking it'd make a great new project. - +of small stereo speakers with an accompanying subwoofer. The issue is the volume +selector, a plastic wheel set in-line with the speaker cable which — when +rotated to all but a few narrow positions — fails to make a solid connection and +leaves at least one of the two speakers cut out. I've put up with it for quite a +while, the positions being good enough and stable enough to enjoy it, but now +that I've got a proper electronics hobby and am far less shy about cutting wires +apart I'm found myself glancing at it thinking it'd make a great new project. Cutting the wires and unscrewing the case, the dial was revealed to be a very simple 10kΩ potentiometer. While this could /easily/ be replaced with a newer, -prettier knob, there's just no fun in so simple a project. Indeed, why not have -it controllable via WiFi? Or select multiple inputs? I'm using it primarily for -my turntable right now, but I've got a TV nearby, and it'd certainly be nice to +prettier knob, that's wouldn't be nearly enough fun! Why not have it +controllable via WiFi? Or select multiple inputs? I'm using it primarily for my +turntable right now, but I've got a TV nearby, and it'd certainly be nice to pipe my computer's audio through it when I feel like it. + +** Volume +** Display +** Inputs +** Remote Control +** Putting it together