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PARTS LIST
All resistors
are'
/4 -watt,
5 %.
R1-
10,000
potentiometer
R2, R9
-4700 ohms
R3
-1500 ohms
R4, R7, R8- 10,000
ohms
R5- 10,000
trimmer potentiometer
R6-
33,000 ohms
R10-12
ohms
Capacitors
C1
-10µF,
15 volts,
electrolytic
C2,
C4
-10µF,
20 volts, 10
°o,
tantalum
C3 0.1µF ceramic disk
Semiconductors
IC1
-Texas
Instruments. TLC555CP
oscillator
01-
2N3906
transistor
02, 03-
2N3904,
2N2222, or
equivalent transistor
D1- 1N4148, 1N914,
or equivalent
diode
LED1. LED2 -Dialight
#521
-9247,
red
LED
Other components
S1 -slide
switch.
Mouser
#10SP018
J1.
J2 -mini phone
-jack. 2 conduc-
tor,
closed circuit
PL1, PL2
-mini
phone
-plugs,
2
conductor
Miscellaneous: 9 -volt battery
clip.
Amerex
box No. 171,
aie
-inch
No. 4
screws. No. 4 washers,
knob.
PC
board, pair
of
goggles. 1 -inch
diam-
eter black
-vinyl
caps
for goggles,
4
foot
of 22 -gauge wire
(red and
black).
Note:
The following is
available
from Mark
C.
Worley, PO
Box
261113,
San
Diego,
CA 92126. Kit
No. 1 has
all
the listed
parts
for
alpha frequency
only,
including
wire for
the interconnecting ca-
ble
and
internal
wiring, instruc-
tions. diagrams,
and schematic:
$40.
Kit No. 2
contains all the
parts of kit No. 1 plus
S2
and
C4
for theta frequency:
$43. A silk -
screened PC board with parts
placement
sheet
is
available
for
$5,
plus $0.50 postage.
An
AC
adapter
suitable to power the A/
MG is
available for $5
plus $1
postage.
Please
include $3
ship-
ping
charge per kit order.
Cali-
fornia residents
must
add
7%
tax. Payment in
U.S.
funds
only.
Shipment
will
be made within 30
days of
receipt
of order.
Please
include
a SASE when inquiring
about
individual parts
or
tech-
nical questions.
the theta
mode,
otherwise
the
A/MG
will
be in
the alpha mode.
(The un-
marked
pad
between R2
and R3
can
be
used
in place
of pad "J"
if you find
it more
convenient.)
16. Mount the PC board
with
four
No.
4 screws
and four No.
4 washers,
so
that
Si is fixed solidly against the
inside edge of the box.
Goggle
assembly
As
shown
in Fig. 5, the goggles are
built
from modified swimming gog-
gles,
which
can be bought from a
variety of department and sporting -
goods
stores for
$5
or
less.
Choose
darkly colored goggles if you have
a
choice.
1. Carefully identify the center
of the
lenses; that's
where
the LED's
will
be
mounted. That
way
you'll
get the
maximum
exposure
from the LED's.
2.
Some goggles are made
from
a
plastic that
can
shatter quite easily
when
drilled, so use sharp drill bits
and operate
your
drill at the lowest
practical speed
possible.
3.
Drill
the
LED mounting holes 0.2-
inch in diameter, or better yet, mea-
sure
your LED's
with
calipers and
drill the holes slightly
undersized.
With
care, you'll
get
a good
press fit.
If the hole is too large, a little epoxy
or Super
glue will fix
that.
Don't wor-
ry about a little glue mess because
it
will
be covered later.
4. Drill
a series of 5 holes (Via-inch
in
diameter) across the top of the gog-
gles (not the lenses) to allow them to
"breathe."
Remember, they are
wa-
tertight,
so
we'll
need to
let
any
per-
spiration
escape.
5. Use minimum heat and a heatsink
when
soldering
wires
to the LED's
because they are easily
destroyed by
excessive
heat. Solder the following
wires
about 1/4-inch up
from the base
of the LED, then clip the
LED leads
just above the solder point. Tightly
twist a pair of red and black
22 -gauge
wires
to form a flexible cable about 3-
feet long
to
connect the
goggles
and
the
control box. Solder a 3 -inch
wire
between the cathode of LEDI to the
anode
of LED2; solder the red
wire
of
the 3 -foot twisted pair to the anode of
LEDI, then solder the black
wire
of
the
twisted
pair
to the
cathode
of
LED2.
6. Finally, attach a mini phone plug to
the
end
of the
cable
that matches J1,
on the control
box.
7.After verifying
that the
LED's flash
properly
when
plugged into the con-
trol box, use epoxy,
hot
glue,
or RTV
to glue two plastic bottle caps over the
exposed lead ends of the two
LED's,
and
then anchor the twisted -pair cable
to the side of the goggles to prevent
straining the LED
solder connec-
tions.
The caps can be medicine -vial
caps, bottle caps, or anything
similar
that's about 1 inch
in
diameter.
8. Complete any
final assembly
work,
attach the
two halves of the instru-
ment
case, and
apply power.
Using
the goggles
Seat yourself comfortably
where
you'll have minimal distractions. Put
the
goggles on and adjust the straps
for a comfortable
fit. Place the
control
box
where
you can easily adjust the
flashrate with minimal arm move-
ment. Now close your eyes and turn
the
A/MG
on. Play
with
the
flashrate
control for awhile to get a feel for the
instrument. At the two extreme ends
of
the
control's
rotation, you should
SWIMMING
GOGGLES
LED'S MOUNTED IN
GOGGLE
FACING THE
EYE
LEDI
LED2
.
PLI
MEDICINE -VIAL
CAP
FIG.
5 -THE
ALPHA -MEDITATION GOGGLES are really
common swimming
goggles
having LED's
mounted inside each eye goggle. The LED's
are
electrically
connected
in
series,
and synchronously
flash on and off.
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