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Article #14589telephone interface to many speakers
From: Kyler Laird
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 02:28
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 02:28
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I'm working on a paging module which "answers" a phone call as soon as it arrives (before a "ring" in generated for the calling party - quite confusing for some) and broadcasts the audio of the caller on speakers around the building for a preset time (LS7210 digital delay - way cool). The intent is that it can be used as a pager, outgoing line, and incoming line in response to the page. So far, it works beautifully feeding a Radio Shack amp/speaker module. (and if you call 317-463-3447 while I'm working on it, you too will be a part of the testing...) I haven't ever tried distributing a signal like this. I've read that I need to match my load (speakers) to my source (amp), but I'd like to use a cheap standard audio amp (8 ohm) and cheap little speakers (4 or 8 ohm). I've seen speaker selectors with matching circuits built in, and would like to make something similar. I'd like to keep it simple - resistors and transformers - if I can. I'd also like to be able to add more speakers and vary the volume of each speaker (at the speaker - parallel bus) without redesigning much. Any hints will be appreciated! --kyler P.S. I had also thought of using phantom power to feed amps at each location with power and audio. It seems like this would be way too prone to noise, though. Also, the cost would be quite a bit higher.
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!stable.ecn.purdue.edu!laird From: laird@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) Subject: telephone interface to many speakers Message-ID: <laird.721967281@stable.ecn.purdue.edu> Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Date: 17 Nov 92 02:28:01 GMT Lines: 30