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Ghost Train....

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Jilly

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Hi, I wanted to share my project with you as I have spent many hours looking at the threads on this site, I have learnt so much from you all.
I built this ghost train for my HNC in electrical/electronic engineering.
Apart from the motor and gearing I built the whole thing from scratch, I had no previous electronic experience and soldering was something I could never have imagined doing.
I have loved every minute of building it and I would love to carry on, although now just as a hobby.
I was thinking of adding some sound as the carriage enters the tunnel, so any ideas to get me started would be great.
 

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hi Jilly,
Nice project.:)

A nice wailing sound would be spooky.!

Where in Yorkshire are you located.?
 
Looks great, nice job.

As for sound the old SN76477N Complex Sound Generator (used in model train layouts 30yrs ago) has apparently made a comeback.
**broken link removed**
 
Wailing would be great, spooky....

I could have used a controller had I been more experienced but I built it the old fashioned way, 555 timer and decade counter. I didn't have a clue when I started it..
 
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Sounds easy to add with a tape recorder on a loop =)
 
Looks great, nice job.

As for sound the old SN76477N Complex Sound Generator (used in model train layouts 30yrs ago) has apparently made a comeback.
**broken link removed**
I wonder why they've brought it back, surely there must be a commercial market for this kind of thing. I though this kind of think was normally done by cheap Chinese COBs these days. Perhaps they're also doing a COB version.


Anyway I've done a quick Google, I didn't find the datasheet but here's PDF containing some good ideas.
https://www.electro-tech-online.com/custompdfs/2009/05/ics76477a.pdf
 
The SN76477N Complex Sound Generator sounds like a great idea, I'm in class tomorrow so will discuss with my electronics tutor and build on it from there. It looks like I have a real challenge for the months ahead. Thank you.
 
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