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- 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
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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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