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LEAP#201 Yet Another Doorbell


aka door-fart according to my better half ... 555 Timer-based oscillators are not exactly the most musical creatures.

#201 is a kit build. Ridiculously cheap on aliexpress, it even came with extra components, so a bit of a bargain impulse-buy.

The kit turned out to be a simplified version of a circuit I've built before. It lacks the power control circuit, and draws about 4mA when idle - so if you actually use it, expect to be replacing batteries on a regular basis.

As always, all notes, schematics and code are in the Little Arduino Projects repo on GitHub.

Here's the start of the "ding.." on a 'scope..