piezo switch

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kit

Joined Dec 6, 2005
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i have been designing a timer circut that activates when a mouse enters a trap. 2 leds will start to flash an a buzzer will pulse on and off. i have been trying for many weeks to get it to work when a mouse touches a piezo on the floor of the trap but i have failed. can any 1 help. if u can email me on kit_kaye@hotmail.com
 

hgmjr

Joined Jan 28, 2005
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Originally posted by kit@Dec 6 2005, 04:57 AM
i have been designing a timer circut that activates when a mouse enters a trap. 2 leds will start to flash an a buzzer will pulse on and off. i have been trying for many weeks to get it to work when a mouse touches a piezo on the floor of the trap but i have failed. can any 1 help. if u can email me on kit_kaye@hotmail.com
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Can you post the schematic here so that our members can have a peek at it? Maybe one of us can spot the cause of the malfunction.

hgmjr
 

beenthere

Joined Apr 20, 2004
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Hi,

It may be that your mice don't stomp hard enough. Think about an IRLED and a phototransistor to set things off when the mouse breaks the beam.
 

beenthere

Joined Apr 20, 2004
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Hi,

It may be that your mice don't stomp hard enough. Think about an IRLED and a phototransistor to set things off when the mouse breaks the beam.
 
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