{"id":7662,"date":"2022-09-06T07:31:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T11:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/?p=7662"},"modified":"2022-09-28T09:26:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T13:26:08","slug":"diy-110db-digital-bell-horn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/06\/diy-110db-digital-bell-horn\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY 110dB Digital Horn: Coming Through!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"429\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3DBikeHornMount.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7663 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3DBikeHornMount.jpg 427w, https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3DBikeHornMount-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3DBikeHornMount-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>I do a lot of trail riding, and being a steward of good riding etiquette, I use a digital horn (more of a &#8220;beeper&#8221;) to alert hikers when I&#8217;m approaching.  Most are appreciative of the gesture, and there are always some who seem to think trails are for hiking only.  So, a high pitched loud chirp does the trick and also makes for a good laugh as some think it&#8217;s their phones or strange birds. Point is, it is loud and gives ample notice.  I previously had an RBBell which finally gave up the ghost. As there&#8217;s nothing on the market like it, I decided to break out the skills and make my own flavour of it.  Read on to see how I used a 110dB piezo buzzer, 555 timer, a cap, some resistors to make it so!  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DIY 110dB Digital Horn:  Coming Through!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QKwVmmGN74E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/Piezo Buzzer:  https:\/\/s.click.aliexpress.com\/e\/_Dmcgt3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Piezo Buzzer &#8211; 12V  <\/a><\/li><li>You can find the other components on <a href=\"https:\/\/s.click.aliexpress.com\/e\/_DCEhBoP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AliExpress<\/a><\/li><li>4.7uF Cap (20-50V will do)<\/li><li>15k &amp; 1K resistor<\/li><li>555 Timer<\/li><li>Button or switch<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Capture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Capture.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7666\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Capture.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/06\/diy-110db-digital-bell-horn\/555-buzzer-piezo-bike-horn-bell-v2_pcb\/\" class=\"wp-image-7666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Capture.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Capture-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Capture-768x636.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/555-Buzzer-Piezo-Bike-Horn-Bell-V2-BreadboardFocused_bb.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"471\" height=\"705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/555-Buzzer-Piezo-Bike-Horn-Bell-V2-BreadboardFocused_bb.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7664\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/555-Buzzer-Piezo-Bike-Horn-Bell-V2-BreadboardFocused_bb.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/06\/diy-110db-digital-bell-horn\/555-buzzer-piezo-bike-horn-bell-v2-breadboardfocused_bb\/\" class=\"wp-image-7664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/555-Buzzer-Piezo-Bike-Horn-Bell-V2-BreadboardFocused_bb.png 471w, https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/555-Buzzer-Piezo-Bike-Horn-Bell-V2-BreadboardFocused_bb-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I do a lot of trail riding, and being a steward of good riding etiquette, I use a digital horn (more of a &#8220;beeper&#8221;) to alert hikers when I&#8217;m approaching. Most are appreciative of the gesture, and there are always some who seem to think trails are for hiking only. So, a high pitched loud chirp does the trick and also makes for a good laugh as some think it&#8217;s their phones or strange birds. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/06\/diy-110db-digital-bell-horn\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dyihacks","category-electronics","has_thumb"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3DBikeHornMount.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pK41j-1ZA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7662"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7703,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7662\/revisions\/7703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}