From: rob@despammer.com   
      
   On 11/02/2020 15:17, RobH wrote:   
   > On 11/02/2020 14:04, amdx wrote:   
   >> On 2/10/2020 10:19 AM, amdx wrote:   
   >>> On 2/10/2020 10:02 AM, Evgeniy wrote:   
   >>>> Hello, amdx!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 09:39:54 -0600   
   >>>> amdx wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Ok, I boobed by putting x2 incorrect resistors. Doh!!!   
   >>>>>> I used x2 47k resistors in error and have changed them to the 10k   
   >>>>>> resistors.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Those are just a voltage divider, setting the voltage on Pin 2. I   
   >>>>> suspect you could you could use a resistor value up to 500K and have   
   >>>>> little change in the voltage on Pin 2.   
   >>>>> I found the input resistance of a 741 is 2Mohm, so, I did the   
   >>>>> calculations, if you use two 10k resistors and the voltage at Pin 2 is   
   >>>>> 4.5v, changing them to 500k will only shift that voltage by 0.5v.   
   >>>>> It would raise Pin 2 to 5v.   
   >>>>> (Side no, there may be different style 741s, with different input   
   >>>>> impedance, I don't know.)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It's not a good idea to set huge resistance on high-impedance imput:   
   >>>> AMP can receive radio noise on input. 10K is enough normal   
   >>>> resistance, I   
   >>>> think. With R1 and R2 47K it should work too, but I do not prefer such   
   >>>> resistance: too high in high-impedance input.   
   >>>   
   >>> All that is possible, 500k is not huge, It would actually be 250k to   
   >>> ground, but, I was trying to teach him that, he is just setting the   
   >>> voltage on pin 2 with those resistors. The ratio is important not the   
   >>> absolute value.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> It looks like that there   
   >>>> was a problem with badly connected R2, because when leds are off   
   >>>> voltage   
   >>>> on pin 3 should be below ~6V (voltage on point A), but he had:   
   >>>>>> The voltage on pin 3 is 10.2 when Lo, but does fluctuate upto 10.5v   
   >>>>>> approx, and when Hi the voltage is 10.6v, and again does fluctuate   
   >>>>>> upto   
   >>>>>> 10.9v.   
   >>>   
   >>> I think he is just letting light leak into his ldr giving him that   
   >>> fluctuation.   
   >>>    
   Mikek   
   >>>   
   >>>th   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ------   
   >>>> With Best Regards,   
   >>>> Evgeniy Shtrenyov   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >> Rob, I still wonder,   
   >> Do you want the the buzzer to buzz when light shines on the ldr?   
   >> Your previous circuit was opposite.   
   >> Mikek   
   >   
   > Mmm, strange that, but yes when the light shines on the ldr.   
   > I have the led lighting up when light shines on the ldr, but I am not   
   > sure where to connect the buzzer to. Connecting it to pin 3 on the 555   
   > it buzzes with a low pitch and the led lights dimly, then when I shine   
   > light on the ldr the buzzer really buzzes and the led is in full   
   > brightness.   
      
      
   Oops, wrong circuit above, please ignore as that is the schmitt trigger   
   circuit you sent me.   
      
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