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Giant Vu Meter / Control Box Build

Author: Jared Bouck
Project Cost: 183.00
Est Construction Time: 3-5Hr
Required Skill Level: Amateur – Experienced

Overview:
So this is kind of a fun project overall. The real star of the project is the control box that is a small elegant control system with easy to use plug outlet type connections. We have 12 isolated outlets on this control box for all sorts of fun larger future projects we are doing, but this can be scaled to any number of outlets you may need with ease. So we wanted to demonstrate simply the projects ease of use with a project that has a little eye candy. And so the giant vu meter project was born. The vu meter its self is actually simply a bunch of light bulbs with a plug outlet to each and a driver circuit based on the LM3915 IC. We have some basic diagrams of the circuit design and pictures of the interface. But ultimately this can be easily interfaced with just about any microcontroller platform for any number of possible ideas you may have.