I'm making one of these for my Curse of Strahd D&D game, so I can literally make players hear voices in their heads.
@AlexanderTheMiddle3 жыл бұрын
Wow! Did you succeed? Can I please see the result?
@chupacabraattack3 жыл бұрын
That’s an awesome idea
@melissamosby92373 жыл бұрын
It’s harassment
@AndroidFerret2 жыл бұрын
Did it work?
@jtjames792 жыл бұрын
@@AndroidFerret yes and no. Yes it works, but the coof canceled the game.
@Tony-nb6vt Жыл бұрын
They really need to implement this on phones, this would be a practical use, so only the user can hear the audio and not disturbing those around them
@manuelmozzali-ie2xe8 ай бұрын
The quality will be worst than mono speakers from Chinese FM radio you get for free inside packets of chips as surprise. I don't want that in my phone in 2024, it has Bluetooth xD get earphones
@PinkeySuavo7 ай бұрын
earphones have entered the chat
@Adam0Null6 ай бұрын
But earphones can cause ear infections, and nobody wants that exceptionally someone who uses them 24/7 !!
@PinkeySuavo6 ай бұрын
@@Adam0Null everything can cause ear infections,just clean them. I used them for many months and years and I didnt have any infection. My first infection was after diving few meters deep in the water.
@Dr.Tinkerpaw6 ай бұрын
There is a vast swath of population that has absolutely no consideration or awareness for the people around them that don't or won't use headphones.
@johnioannou35183 жыл бұрын
As a Electronics Engineer I have built many circuits in the past but this is the first time I have a built a ultrasonic Audio laser. I had a bit of trouble to get it to work using the Mic4427 driver chip so I used the L293DNE driver chip instead which has a much higher working voltage of 36v compared to 18v of the MIC4427 and the circuit works fine now I also replaced the preamplifier chip with the TL082 which is capable of operating of a split rail voltage supply. In the future I might use the raspberry pi pico which run at 100Mhz to upgrade the power and sound quality of the Ultrasonic audio laser further.
@MeanGeneHacks3 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear you made some upgrades and its working!
@CaptainKandi2 жыл бұрын
Hi John, I'm making one of these for a university project and I decided to take your advice here and use a raspberry pi pico microcontroller! I'm very new to electronics and coding so I'm having a bit of a problem. With the .cpp file you get from github do I need to change the #include directories from 'arduino' and 'stm35 etc' to a header for the pi pico instead? Any help would be appreciated greatly! Thanks, Luke
@kawrx20022 жыл бұрын
@@CaptainKandi You might have resolved the issue by now or moved on if it’s a project. But you would need to use pico-specific DMA and ADC libraries, as I doubt the functions / arguments are portable.
@ted_van_loon2 жыл бұрын
@@nander1988 hi, ik heb zelf geen raspberry pi zero momenteel, mogelijk in de toekomst wel maar momenteel niet. de suggestie die ik daar maakte was voornamelijk om een goedkope en makkelijk reproduceerbare versie hiervoor te maken met makkelijk verkrijgbare onderdelen. maar heb er zelf geen raspberry pi zero. echter had ik voor mijn eigen versie gekozen voor dedicated hardware. op die manier hoef ik niet allemaal dingen te programeren en dat scheelt werk. ik gebruik een simpele oscillator 555 met een versterker en wat andere dingen. echter terwijl het geluid wel duidelijker hoorbaar was in een rechte lijn kon je het daarbuiten ook nog horen in deze versie dus die was niet goed genoeg, anderen hebben het ook met vergelijkbare chips gemaakt dus er zijn tekeningen van vergelijkbaare systemen. echter voor testen omdat die versie niet goed genoeg was had ik besloten on direct de audio kaart van een computer te gebruiken voor het audio signaal en dat je dan weer alleen een versterker nodig hebt. is niet de beste oplossing maar wou het testen zonder te programeren omdat ik niet zeker weet welke vorm van modulatie er bedoeld wordt en wil niet een hoop code schrijven voor de verkeerde modulatie. deze manier werkt trouwens ook direct op een raspberry pi zero zonder programeren zolang je linux er op hebt staan. om dit te doen heb ik gewoon audacity gebruikt, dt audiobewerkingsprogramma heeft namelijk een functie ingebouw om audio te moduleren. zet de bitrate omhoog, moduleer het en je kan de bitrate dan weer iets omlaag zetten om ruimte te besparen of omhoog houden. er zijn bepaalde bitrates waarop het beter werkt, helaas heeft audacty geen standaard bitrate die een directe meervoudiging van 40khz is of 40khz dus kun je bereken welke je gebruikt of probeer een aantal settings tot je er een vindt die niet te veel distortie heeft en gebruik die. om het te convertion in audacity heb je audiotrack(als een mono track of omzetten naar mono), ga dan naar tool nyquist prompt en gebruik het volgende commando: ;version 4 (if (and (soundp *track*)(= *sound-srate* 384000)) (osc-pulse 40000 *track*) "Error.\ Input must be a mono track\ with 3,840,000 Hz sample rate.") zorg dat de track met track->resample omgezet is naar belke bitrate je gebruikt. deze pat 3840000hz maar er zijn betere en er zijn ook manieren om custom sample rates te gebruiken als het goed is, met een custom sample rate kun je ruimte besparen en veel betere qualiteit hebben. voor deze heb ik echter gewoon een standaar samplerate gebruikt je hoort dat wel maar voor testen kan het goed/handig zijn. met een pi zero zou t wel effectiever zijn om gewoon de audio af te spelen direct of de modulatie zonder software maar ben er nog niet echt verder in gegaan omdat ik onderdelen voor een ander project binnen kreeg en daar mee verder ging.
@mbproducoes Жыл бұрын
Hello John, I had some success building the original project from @meangenehacks, but I would like to see how your project improves compared with the original. Would mind share your schematics? Thanks a lot.
@spunbearing65 Жыл бұрын
I need one. I got a neighbor who is obsessed with leaf collection to the point he runs his leaf collection trailer on his rider mower (wannabe parking lot sweeper) at full throttle with no muffler all day. I’m certain that he will hate a recording of it directed at his bedroom at 3AM. Gimme.
@mrstephenpariah10 күн бұрын
My neighbour pumps heavy LF electromechanical vibrations throughout my home night and day.
@gigglehurtz3167Күн бұрын
@@mrstephenpariah im specifically here because i got redneck neighbors who think they live on 100acres with no neighbors as they off road with loud trucks at 12 am and WOO HOO all night...
@notthesamagain2 жыл бұрын
I thought this could be done by people without previous electric/mechanics knowledge and that would have a hands on step by step after the explanation. Still congratulations, I'll keep searching for a "DIY audio laser for dummies".
@MisterKaen4 жыл бұрын
I have some crackheads across the street that keep me up more times than not. I am absolutely going to use this. Didn't coca cola pay to have this developed because they wanted people to hear a glass of coke being poured when they walked past a vending machine
@MisterKaen3 жыл бұрын
@@Mo-uk7pv i never did but now i just decided to file an abatement. I had one of the crack dealers show me his gun just 2 days ago. Im over it. Abatement clear that nuisance out.
@elnillu90562 күн бұрын
Everything good now?
@allenhuffman3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I’ve been checking in on directional sound every few years and this looks like something I’ll try to build.
@nate28944 жыл бұрын
now convince your family there is a ghost in the house
@thewhitefalcon85393 жыл бұрын
I did that by putting a rpi and a speaker underneath a family member's bed
@wizardOfRobots4 жыл бұрын
Dude...this is very cool.... I got this idea and tried implementing it. Didn't get very far. I thought it could be made like a personal "wireless" earphones device. Like you could be sitting in class pretending to listen to your prof, but actually be listening to songs or whatever. Great job anyway.
@guru3324 жыл бұрын
Since the audio is highly directionality, you could have two way communications between two people at opposite ends of a class with nobody else would hear or know. Or you could use it to just troll the teacher and make them think they are hearing voices 😀
@MeanGeneHacks4 жыл бұрын
I was at 33C3 in Hamburg, Germany, where I first saw this type of device in use. As people went up an escalator to the 2nd level, they would hear appear music out of nowhere. The music was being beamed to the people on the escalator from about 40 ft away.
@wizardOfRobots4 жыл бұрын
@@guru332 Way to troll them
@keithfulkerson3 жыл бұрын
If you played a mosquito buzzing sound through it, you could make people flail at your command.
@mijnsmt819811 ай бұрын
You can also generate a PWM-modulated signal by feeding the audio and a 40-kHz sawtooth to a comparator like the LM358
@Tkillaahh4 жыл бұрын
That's freaking cool. I bet i could prank people so funny with that. Great work!
@bsrcat13 жыл бұрын
These work excellent if you have a really messed up neighbor.
@bschwand2 жыл бұрын
Really great project. Some comments: this MCU is plenty fast for high quality sounds, it just needs to be programmed right. Arduino is crap for performance. STM32 uC have tons of timer modes, it could be used much more efficiently. Also the ADC, your code uses DMA but for one sample... so the interrupt rate is high. Would be much better to use DMA ADC to fetch a few KB samples at a time, then compute the expected response PWM required in a buffer and use another timer to schedule appropriate output frequency changes at the correct rate. All I am saying is that the code is way sub-optimal and could show much more improvement before anything hardware needs tweaking.
@erkamboyacioglu3515 Жыл бұрын
did u manage to change the code to fit your needs?
@GGCannon12 күн бұрын
I asked this question on a re-upload of your video on an account that stole your content but only got to find that it wasn't your real account today, so I wanted to leave this here. A question, if you use it to play 30 to 60Hz frequencies, can it be used to extinguish fires at long range? Frequencies between 30 to 60Hz are know to extinguish fire, but only at short range from the speaker. If long range direction acoustic speaker can be used to play that frequencies, could that not be used as a long range acoustic fire extinguisher? Someone commented that as long as it has enough amplitude, it should work. So, in theory, doesn't it mean you could make a long range fire extinguishing sound cannon as both a product or equipable extention to fire-fighting drones as long as the amplitude on that is enough? Sounds like a good thing to check if it's possible and if it is, what's the maximum distance it could work.
@harrisonschwartz5654 жыл бұрын
Gene, you should try to make a standing wave levitation device using this. You’ll get many views 😂
@kibi65632 ай бұрын
What does a standing wave levitation device do
@dhebert1113 жыл бұрын
Really great video. Thanks for sharing. I'm just trying to increase my knowledge base in electronics. I'd like to be able to build various electronic devices to use around the house and garage. I can't get over how inexpensive electronics parts are. The electricity part of it was easier for me because, believe it or not, there's alot of parallels to pipe-fitting and hydronics, which was my trade. I'm subbing for sure bud. Thanks again.
@themod1692 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the fun project. It was quite painful to find the proper stm32adc lib, but eventually it worked. Maybe I messed something up in the soldering, but the sound is quiet, directionality is somewhat present but it's more of a bad speaker with noisy audio than an audio laser. At 18volts tc4427 overheats really quickly, so I had to wind down it a bit to have at least several minutes of working time. Probably I'll look for different components and try building v2 when I have some spare time.
@BeatMyth2 жыл бұрын
I had exactly the same problems. First to program the STM32 and once I managed to do that, it works but as you wrote "more of a bad speaker with noisy audio than an audio laser. At 18volts tc4427 overheats really quickly". I have managed to burn a few of tc4427. The weird thing is that he managed to make it work quite ok. Did you figured out any improvements or mistakes we made?
@caseyfaller83942 жыл бұрын
Where did you find the stm32adc lib? Thats what im stuck on
@LuciusLu2 жыл бұрын
I am also looking for a stm32adc library that works for the stm32duino platform on the Arduino IDE. I found one by Roger from Australia, but something is missing. I am using blue pill stm32f103c. I'm stuck.
@supermariosupermayhem2 жыл бұрын
How did you find STM32ADC.h ? Tried with one on arduino IDE but "compilation failed" with no additional reason.
@lasseledet18994 жыл бұрын
Cool project! Which STM32ADC library did you use (I am new to STM/Arduino - Sorry)
@rodgerrodger62982 ай бұрын
Just spent a little over $20 to start this project. I got 20 transducers and some higher quality amplifiers, and ive already got a raspberry pi 3 which has a faster clock than the stm32f103. Im excited to get started on this project!
@jonathannielsen8524Ай бұрын
Please tell how it went. Im waiting for my parts to arrive. Ill try to work with the new Raspberry pi Pico 2
@byronedwardsАй бұрын
Please tell me how you got it to work with the raspberry pi 3
@imagination7044 жыл бұрын
I have no experience making this stuff, anyway to make a how to tutorial?
@MemesnShet2 ай бұрын
Ultimate trolling potential,hook up a mic to it and you can make people hear voices on the street lol
@RavenLuni2 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I imagine using a pure class D amplifier would eliminate any quantisation errors and improve the quality greatly. All you need is a sawtooth generator and a comparator to drive your output stage.
@masyrafmasyraf80862 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Now im gonna make a 50khz version and blast it at my neighbor's dog for barking non stop at 3am
@mycosys7 ай бұрын
You seem like a terrible person. Why torture something that is already clearly tortured. Why not show some humanity
@mrchickenfugget20356 ай бұрын
Your such a loser nothing more to say
@MoizCOUK7 ай бұрын
I need to build something like this to scare a big colony of tree hanging bats
@SpaceyInfinity Жыл бұрын
Cool video, one question, what do you recommend for high disable or amps?
@MaaveMaave3 жыл бұрын
Awesome. I'm going to make a laser+sound cat toy with this
@MeanGeneHacks3 жыл бұрын
Have fun!
@IBoughtItMyself2 жыл бұрын
This channel is one of KZbin‘s hidden gems. Your work is incredible. Although I hate you because you are good looking but also very smart in multiple areas.
@vicandtjfriedmann71362 жыл бұрын
How would you modify this design to turn it into a high frequency sicnal (20-30 khz) to be used as an anti-barking device for dogs and what distance range does it have? Thanks.
@chrissullivan60303 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this! Is this how they talk in our heads?? Must be more to it than this..
@Kazperian3 жыл бұрын
Super interesting, but how do yo have all those spare parts laying around in your house? Did you dismantle the millenium falcon or something? Sounds like something Rey would salvage
@realYYsky3 жыл бұрын
wow, this is really cool!!!!!! could u please give us a detialed tutorial on how to implement this? I'm just really not good at these.
@jafinch783 жыл бұрын
Any thoughts using a pulse train method as a third method? Like a digital method such as performed with LPCM wireless? Really awesome project and video. Thanks for sharing!
@Totalrandomness2011 Жыл бұрын
Please do a demo for implementation option 2! 😊
@fdc4productions54 Жыл бұрын
Wait, will this work to shut down the loud TV or Radio music speaker from my neighbors?
@cyruss3813 Жыл бұрын
I have a question. Say you put your hand in front of the speaker. Will it sound like the sound is coming from your hand? I saw a video of a professor aiming the speaker at a wall and the students could hear the sound as it bounced off the walls. Just wondering how the speaker works.
@prasadelumalai9463 жыл бұрын
Thats awesome man.. and you made it so cheap..! I am going to build one now 😁
@dark_raven44913 ай бұрын
Sorry, old video, but can you block something like this? A friend of mine is being terrorised by a neighbour with one of these things, probably. The guy sends noise to her bedroom at night. Will simply blocking the window work? Thanks for the help.
@jamledger52389 ай бұрын
How would you deflect this if you weren't aware of where it was coming from? or more sophisticated types that can go through walls?
@siriperera6974 Жыл бұрын
Hi great introduction to electronics for everyone. Are there ultrasonic speakers on mobile phones? Do you know of any miniature ultrasound speakers for mobile phones?.
@lichtundliebe9996 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing! How loud is the bass coming from these speakers?
@clif_plays13 күн бұрын
I’m thinking of running 2 9V batteries in series to supply the 18V to the driver circuit. Would you have any reasons to advise against this? & what would you recommend to supply power if I were to use a driver with a higher capacity?
@WhatAWondWorld4 жыл бұрын
thanks
@chasperette17Ай бұрын
Hey! I have little to no experience with electronics and i'm trying to build a parametric speaker like this one. I only know a bit of C and no C++ at all. Therefore, i'm considering using an Arduino controller instead of the STM32F103. Do y'all think it would be alright? Apart from this, would you say this is an easy project or a rather hard one?
@jeremyuzan11693 жыл бұрын
Bro you are a king. Keep on doing some awesome videos !!! Jeremy IRCAM Research Institute Paris
@seanosorio31385 ай бұрын
An amazing peoject. I don't have any background in electronics. Could you post a video with a step by step puting toguether? Would really appreciate it
@SnekPuppet47589 ай бұрын
I need one to play the fnaf golden freddy sound in my classmate's ear so they freak out and everyone thinks they're scitzophrenic.
@selfhelp44110 күн бұрын
what’s the difference between the preamplifier stage and amplifier phase which drives the transducers? (sorry if you already explained somewhere in the video, i’m mid watching it as i comment!)
@sorryfornoname215710 ай бұрын
Hello. I was thinking on replicating this project with some modifications. What are your thoughts on the use of a Raspberry pico w instead of a STM32F103C8T6? Would that be an improvement or a downgrade? also what opamp would you recomend since you say there are better options? I have some IRLZ34N lying arround if those are any good. I would be thankfull for any help you can give since im still starting to learn about this kind of eletronics.
@linn_da89242 жыл бұрын
great video!! I would love to build it by myself. I already startet. I wonder which kind adapter do I need for the STM32ADC? I am new to this. Would be very thankfull about an answer:)
@cxshoppermag323910 ай бұрын
Hi there thanks for this innovative idea 🥰 I have no way to use arduino 1.8 now can you please update th code or comment usage of timer1 and 3 I mean regarding configuration are you using channel 4 on TIM1 output compare(obsolete as per newer version) or just counting. thank you in advance.
@rtravisboyd5 ай бұрын
Now what would you charge to make an ultrasonic dog deterrent that was bark activated following this same design?
@josephsoucy95432 жыл бұрын
How far will this setup project the audible sound,,! or the range of it?
@ramazanteke58195 ай бұрын
Dear Mean Gene,We are writing to you regarding the ultrasonic directional sound speaker design you developed. We are two students studying electrical and electronic engineering in Turkey. We reviewed your design and decided to do this project for our graduation project. We have performed the STM-32 boot process and set up the circuit as shown below. However, we are struggling to understand how to power the TC-4427 integrated circuit and have not been able to obtain any sound output from the circuit. Could you please provide us with detailed information on this matter? Additionally, could you share more information with us about the design of the circuit on the breadboard?
@ehresmanr2 жыл бұрын
The apparent bass response is miserable, but I suspect this may be caused by the microphone used to listen to it. Is bass response better to the human ear? What can be done to improve it? I have heard professionally made "Sound Lasers" that have impeccable bass but I suspect these are implemented as the dual beam interference type.
@kawrx20022 жыл бұрын
I’m wondering that also. I built this project (perf board prototype and PCB), but used a TLC 272 for the pre amp. Just with experimentation, bass sounded a little better by using a higher value cap for C3. I know other parametric speakers use different modulation, and possibly different filtering. I can also say the bass response is better on my PCB board, where I have them placed closer together (and many more) than on the perf board.
@willworknow11 ай бұрын
Using a 555 timer with the control voltage pin, pin 5, for the modulation, an LDO (or something) and amp, will do this in 3 main components.
@plasmar12 жыл бұрын
I noticed that imminating sound effect with a ultrasonic measure I bought at thrift, made me think that there is potential that ultrasonic mouse deterrents might be a real thing just majority of the time probably implemented wrong as I've never heard one that sounds anything compared to it, and would imagine it would freak out any small critter
@myyoutube69782 жыл бұрын
My neighbors are imitating this with multiple sensor's around the Streets, you Walk into the path it activates causing headaches and sound bubbles around the ear like described off the technology that released technology that sends music to ones ears by one output. How do you block Immitating ones like this.
@mentalunicorn95673 жыл бұрын
I want one of these so bad
@kailyngrave Жыл бұрын
thank you Gene. This is so cool
@tomm91762 жыл бұрын
There are other sound focusing videos using noise cancelation by generating signals that are inaudible to the human ear. The 2 signals are not the the same and when the signals reach the focal point only the difference in the signals are amplified. The focal point could have unthinkable amplitude of power and no one would even be aware of it. Your design could be the delivery device.
@ted_van_loon2 жыл бұрын
I just simulated it with the transducers at multiple different distances from each other and noticed that while it does kind of work with almost all distances it does seem to work much better and more directional when all speakers are at exactly half a wavelength from each other. since the transducers are to big for this(wavelength below 1cm) some other distances have to be used. did you use a calculation or simulation to determine your distances and if so what are the distances between them in 2 axis. or did you just place them however you felt like, if so adjusting the distance might increase the distance and directivity.
@kawrx20022 жыл бұрын
I think placing them as close as possible together is most effective. The transducers lose 6 dB of pressure at 30 degrees off center; and maximizing the pressure over distance takes advantage of all of the transducers feeding into a combined wave. For a perfect transmission you would need to individually control the timing of each transducer phase to “aim” at a specified distance.
@strandedoncat9 ай бұрын
@ted_van_loon What about using speakers w smaller diameters? The transducers in the video are 16 mm but also come in 12 and 10 mm.
@ted_van_loon9 ай бұрын
@@strandedoncat I actually used 16mm ones in my build since they are cheaper, this comment however was based on simulating it and was done before building, so that means essentially not measuring the diameter but instead using the exact center of the speaker as the point from which the soundwaves come, technically seen based on the transmitter it's optimal behaviour should be like that, which is why I used it in the simulation. however luckliy for us the imperfect behaviour of the transmitters automatically increases directivity.
@AjinkyaMahajan4 жыл бұрын
it is similar to LRAD Well done ✌✨✨✨
@diegojimenez29392 жыл бұрын
Hi, could this be used as a ultra high frecuency gun? Could it play 20Khz sound to use as ultrasonic gun? I have a sleeping problem with a nearby nightclub and would like to use this for the drunks that come to pee and binchdrink to my door. Thank you
@donadams7469Ай бұрын
so here is the big question what would I need and how would I do it say if I wanted something a little better audio quality
@mbproducoes Жыл бұрын
Hi. This project is great. Thanks for that. I had great fun trying to make it work. So I think I got there, but I have a coupe of questions for those to manage to make it work. Fist, how is the sound quality? I can here the sound coming from the transducers or from were I point them but its a pretty bad sound (remembers a broken speaker) it should be like this? The TC4427A is getting extremely hot, to the point I almost burnt my self. Is this normal? if so, should I use a heat dissipator? Also, in the schematics there is a LED the are not showed on the prototype of the video. The LED never turns on. Why is it there? Also about the schematics, the resistor R5 says only 10... it is 10 ohms right? I can hear sounds coming from the transducers array even if I'm pointing them to nothing, so I was thinking that I put them too close together, so, what would be a good distance between the transducer? And the last thing would be, if I want to make this sound better where should I focus on? STM32 or LM358 or TC4427? Thanks a lot and cheers on :)
@erkamboyacioglu3515 Жыл бұрын
Hey would you mind taking some pictures of the circuit as I am having difficulty assembling it? It is for a school project.
@mbproducoes Жыл бұрын
Sure. I'll send you a link with the pictures. I had to redo the schematics on EasyEAD, because I want to do PCB for this project, so on the link you'll find pictures from my circuit and also the layout of the PCB and the new schematics. I hope this will help you. if you need any further assistance fell free to contact me again. Happy Project:) cheers on.
@@erkamboyacioglu3515 you are welcome. Let me know if you have success with it. ;)
@lucascho27023 жыл бұрын
Amazing, I wonder if it's possible to recreate this with PSOC
@ax3862 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Is there a decible limit on the audible sound that the ultrasonic sound would be able to limit?
@xxdogxx3637 Жыл бұрын
No
@isaaclikins53834 жыл бұрын
Would I be able to use an Arduino nano (ATmega168) micro controller for this project? I have some of those lying around. This tutorial is awesome. I am wanting to make this as an alarm clock for my dorm.
@MeanGeneHacks4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, thats very unlikely. The Nano is an 8-bit MCU that runs at 16Mhz. For comparison, the MCU I used in the video is 32-bit running at 72Mhz. I don't think you would be able to process the incoming audio fast enough to output a modulated 40Khz wave on an Arudino Nano using the method & code from the video.
@nowthenad32865 ай бұрын
I'd give it a go but the sound seems really poor quality. Does it sound in real life like it does in the video?
@lleuwistatos96384 жыл бұрын
hi, we are a group of 3 students using your video as a reference for a school project , is there any way for us to reach you other than the yt comments? otherwise great video!
@MeanGeneHacks3 жыл бұрын
Yes, of course
@brayanortega55182 жыл бұрын
How will it work underwater? will underwater lives communicate like this?
@anthonysmith1246Ай бұрын
not much consumer info is out there on these, I bought on on Ebay and I'm having some problems tuning it in a way only I can hear it. when the audio is clear I can hear it like a normal crappy speaker or with some tweeking it sounds good but never directional. any tips?
@thetruthexperiment Жыл бұрын
O! And! Would a pure sine wave have a narrow beam?
@josiahpait5286 Жыл бұрын
Would it be possible to use this idea to create, instead of a beam of sound, a singular point of sound? That way something like a phone could use face tracking to project sound right to your ears? I’m thinking about maybe trying something like this for my senior engineering project
@ceticx9 ай бұрын
I have literally no experience in this, but I'd imagine you could get something like that working just with a directional beam pointed at the ears as long as its quiet enough. If its too loud the demodulated audio would bounce off your head and maybe allow other people to hear it, but quiet enough and maybe it'd only be audible in a small area around your ears, although it's not something I'd trust for privacy like headphones with this approach. Something work testing out lmk if you try anything
@adhuot012 жыл бұрын
I'm currently working on this project but using an ESP32. I'm hung up on the complementary output. Can I not just output a second PWM to another pin? But for this pin, I would swap the last two arguments in the map() function for duty cycle which would invert the PWM output. First pin duty cycle: map(soundInput, 0, 4095, 0, overflow);. Second pin duty cycle: map(soundInput, 0, 4095, overflow, 0);. Or something like that.
@RobR3863 жыл бұрын
Thinking about this idea so I can play music at a decent volume without annoying my neighbours, needs to be CD quality audio
@luv2learnify8 ай бұрын
Hi, my son would like to make this for a school project, but some of the links no longer have the item. I have no idea on this stuff could you point me in the right direction to find al these parts, please.
@leonroscoe28648 ай бұрын
Hi, how did you build the array? What are they plugged into and how are they welded? thank you
@Debora-m8r Жыл бұрын
Can you create a circuit that converts the ultrasound into regular audio? I have five to seven directional speakers aimed at my house that are used as part of an online broadcast in extortion racket. In addition they use surveillance equipment illegally installed in my house to sim the directional speakers. An antenna system with an ultrasound and frequency analyzer costs in the $100,000’ so a simple detector system with audio speaker out would be helpful to record.
@silverlightsabr7 ай бұрын
similar situation - have you found a solution to get rid of them?
Can you show how to make a circuit for a transducer transmitter and a transducer receiver as two different pices
@gastonmazzei80879 ай бұрын
Hello guys. I'm confused. Of course we can make it ourselves, but my question is that I have bought one from a chinese supplier at 150 USD with a very good termination and features (e.g. remote control, audio plug input). They have failed to make it drastically directional, i.e. on the front the sound is loud but on the sides it's still audible at a similar (but clearly lower) volume. From it it can be clearly seen that it's composed of several small speakers, we can guess they are ultrasonic. The question is how can they have failed to make it 100% directional, why is it spreading (i.e. a cone instead of a "laser" propagation patter). so much at pathetic distances such as e.g. 50cm. I guess this is not fixable, I will do one myself. In any case, I am genuinely curious about how can their implementation fail so drastically. If the manufacturer answers me I will update this comment. My only idea is that their "audio input" is not intended to receive normal audible sound (i.e. 20Hz-20KHz) as one would expect from such a high-level system but it's 40Khz modulated version. Thank you all.
@MeanGeneHacks9 ай бұрын
The cone shape is most likely due to lower quality (or frequency) transducers being used that have a wider beam pattern.
@FuzzBreez3 жыл бұрын
is it possible to use only 1 ultrasonic transmitter and would it be possible to make it smaller so you can easy carry it in the pocket?
@MeanGeneHacks3 жыл бұрын
In theory, yes. I'm not sure what type of sound output you can expect from a single transducer. More than likely, at the current voltage that the driver in my circuit is set at, you may not hear much with a single transducer. You can explore replacing the driver with one that can handle higher voltages and see if you can get it working with a single transducer.
@gardenoir61764 жыл бұрын
What Microcontroller would you recommend for better sound quality? How close to 16 bits do you believe you can get before it gets prohibitively expensive. Thank you so much for this!
@MeanGeneHacks4 жыл бұрын
Try any one of the STM32 high performance series. They would give you a significant boost in sample rate (audio quality): www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32-high-performance-mcus.html Or if you are on a budget, a good replacement would be the STM32F411CeU6. They are under $5 and are faster than the MCU I used.
@rajeshnaik23912 жыл бұрын
I take my dog for walking in the morning... Can i use this to keep stray dogs away from my dog...? Does it work?
@matthewlapos35412 жыл бұрын
Do you sell these? I would love to purchase one because I do not have the know-how to make one myself.
@bluepriushere Жыл бұрын
It's possible to make an analog version.
@gdgd51946 ай бұрын
what happens when you put this directly to a concrete wall? Can you hear it behind it or it reflects back?
@skydyverjymАй бұрын
It gets blocked. Even a piece of paper can easily block it
@VacuousCat2 жыл бұрын
I want to try using this as a human echolocation tool.
@riseout3 жыл бұрын
Can you disable neighbor's speakers with this one?
@CaptainKandi2 жыл бұрын
Attempting to make one of these now! could you explain how the transmitters are connected?
@matthewboga Жыл бұрын
Im trying to figure this out right now as well, did you ever find out how they are connected?
@azinfidel64613 жыл бұрын
I was curious, when you're pointing the device at yourself, do you perceive the sound coming from the device itself or from elsewhere?
@MeanGeneHacks3 жыл бұрын
It reflects very much like a laser beam. If I point it directly at myself, it sounds like its coming from the device. If I bounce it off an object (ie. wall), it sounds like its coming from the wall.
@azinfidel64613 жыл бұрын
@@MeanGeneHacks Ty
@imagination7044 жыл бұрын
What would the best part list be for this project be?
@MeanGeneHacks4 жыл бұрын
You can just use the parts I listed in the video if you want something that works. I haven't tried making a better version yet; however, I do give some clues/ideas as to what components you can swap out for better versions.
@niranjanjagdale14563 жыл бұрын
@@MeanGeneHacks How can I contact you?
@objectionoverruled46972 ай бұрын
How far can these transmit sound for 20metres? 100 metres?