IR Switch
IR Switch
Circuit to switch e.g. the Leslie simulator on a Nord Stage 2 keyboard by means of waving your hands in front of an IR-sensor.
Currently, only momentary on/off-switching is supported; because a reed relay is used, the circuit is completely isolated from the instrument, making it completely safe.
Inspired by the D-Beam controller of the Roland company (of which the patent should be expiring in 2016).
Copying and modification of this circuit is allowed for personal, non-commercial usage. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Kind regards, Steven De Roo, Belgium.
Circuit
Components
NE555P 1 piece 152184 Texas Instruments NE555P Timer Soort behuizing 0,24 0,24
DIP-8 Uitvoering Precisietimer
R1 1 piece 10kOhm
- - Montage wires
Total
approx. 40
Notice: the sharp sensor has a range of 20-150cm; the range in which it will trigger this switch, is set to 35cm.
Using other values for resistors R1 & R7, one should be able to use the cheaper 10-80cm version (which is listed
13.94 on the Conrad website); this reduces the price to approx. 30. However, this has not been tested!
Tooling
Soldering iron (& in my case: desoldering pump )
Hot glue gun
Standard tooling: knife, tongs,
Front panel: printer / laminating device / glue
Board layout
(updated 18/08/2016; previous version had an error in placement of C2)
Notice: remove copper from the indicated zone beneath the ICs (eg. By scratching with a knife)
Montage hints
All holes in the box were cut away with a sharp knife Please be careful here
Front panel
The following drawing is scale 1:1 when printing this document on A4 paper.
Notice: cut squares before laminating; cut circle after laminating
Picture before assembly
(Notice: not completely correct; in this photograph, pins 2 & 3 on the LM311 are swapped;
the board layout in this document is correct though!)
Picture after assembly
Not in picture: 2 strong neodymium (!) magnets, hot glued on empty spaces on the bottom surface.
In my case, I glued one right next to the input, and one next to the on/off switch. A third one would even be
better, if you find a place for it .
Final assembly
On the web
Ive put this document & a movie on the Nord User Forum:
http://www.norduserforum.com/general-nord-forum-f29/diy-infrared-switch-for-leslie-t11516.html
Appendix: Sharp sensor behavior