Hi.
I own and work at a shooting range in the UK.
It would be great if anyone could help or advise me with my latest project.
I would like to create something that triggers an instant, red flash next to a 100 yard target whenever a shot is fired. It is important that the flash is red, bright and instant. The flash needs to be nearby to the target, whilst the microphone needs to be in the shooting bay. I did some research and purchased this ‘sound to light’ product from maplin: http://www.maplin.co.uk/sound-to-light-led-22545 Would it be possible to remove the LED’s that come on this product and replace them with something like this, on a 100 yard wire?: http://www.rapidonline.com/electron...per-bright-red-led-dot-matrix-display-57-0655
Also, it would be very important that the microphone only triggered a red flash when a shot is fired, not during laughing or conversations in the shooting bay etc. (maybe need to modify or replace microphone or circuit component e.g. potentiometer to decrease mic sensitivity???)
Finally, although not essential, it would be much better if the flash worked wirelessly, (i.e. no 100 yard wire required between the maplin ‘sound to light’ product/(microphone) and the led matrix (red flash) 100 yards away by the target. However, this needs to be a very cheap DIY project and trying to create wireless communication between the devices might escalate the cost greatly. However, for this, I did think about buying a pair of cheap ‘walkie talkie’ radios that have LED’s which illuminate when the other person calls you, removing the un-needed components, and somehow attaching one to the modified maplin ‘sound to light’ product and the other to the superbright red led matrix.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Tim
I own and work at a shooting range in the UK.
It would be great if anyone could help or advise me with my latest project.
I would like to create something that triggers an instant, red flash next to a 100 yard target whenever a shot is fired. It is important that the flash is red, bright and instant. The flash needs to be nearby to the target, whilst the microphone needs to be in the shooting bay. I did some research and purchased this ‘sound to light’ product from maplin: http://www.maplin.co.uk/sound-to-light-led-22545 Would it be possible to remove the LED’s that come on this product and replace them with something like this, on a 100 yard wire?: http://www.rapidonline.com/electron...per-bright-red-led-dot-matrix-display-57-0655
Also, it would be very important that the microphone only triggered a red flash when a shot is fired, not during laughing or conversations in the shooting bay etc. (maybe need to modify or replace microphone or circuit component e.g. potentiometer to decrease mic sensitivity???)
Finally, although not essential, it would be much better if the flash worked wirelessly, (i.e. no 100 yard wire required between the maplin ‘sound to light’ product/(microphone) and the led matrix (red flash) 100 yards away by the target. However, this needs to be a very cheap DIY project and trying to create wireless communication between the devices might escalate the cost greatly. However, for this, I did think about buying a pair of cheap ‘walkie talkie’ radios that have LED’s which illuminate when the other person calls you, removing the un-needed components, and somehow attaching one to the modified maplin ‘sound to light’ product and the other to the superbright red led matrix.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Tim