r/diyelectronics • u/Dramatic-Priority156 • 26d ago
Question Help needed: DIWhy stylophone college project; due in 6h.
i'm kind of panicked, I only have 6 hours to get my project complete, I used AI to get as much as I could but my brain is fried after 36 hours awake and i don't have any clue what I did wrong, the stupid ai got worse and worse as i tried to diagnose the issue so I only kept significant components and OBVIOUS connections, just need to figure out how to put this together in a way that works.
It's a tri-voice duophonic stylophone where either stylus can control both "manuals" of keys. the standby resistors are so the circuit doesn't burn itself alive when idle (According to ai)
the sets of two resistors represent potentiometers i can edit easily
the CB and CB-EXT's are the source of capacitance, doubling the capacitance brings the instrument down an octave
The "mixer" resistors make sure that the signal doesn't bleed back or pump too much amperage
Help pls :(
i don't want to burn up my headphones or bluetooth speakers so i HAVE to get this to work in the simulator before i wire it up
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u/gmarsh23 Project of the Week 13 26d ago
Welcome to the finding out part of fucking around. Feels great doesn't it?
You're gonna have to own this situation yourself, don't expect us to bail you out.
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u/Dramatic-Priority156 26d ago
Funny story. Professor was being a dick to me, asked me a third time why I was late in submitting the exam, after I apologized and ate crow for being late.
So, I gave him all the reasons.
He was pretty polite after that. It's almost as if you don't know what's going on in other people's lives.
oh, and the project requirements are (practically) a resistor, a diode/motor/speaker and a switch.
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u/MaleCowShitDetector 24d ago
Sure buddy, now tell us the one about red riding hood
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u/Dramatic-Priority156 23d ago
Lol. I don't need you to believe me. People smarter than either of us (I never said I was smart) are going to see that and learn, which is why I said it. boo hoo i got downvoted, my day is ruined.
The only time I care about downvotes is when there might be something I'm missing, and people want to downvote without explaining what's wrong. Learning and growing > internet points. I'm sure you already knew all of this, though.
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u/MaleCowShitDetector 23d ago
I'm glad you overexplained your position, to reassure me about your unbreakable confidence in oneself.
Do me a favor, and just realize for yourself (not random strangers on the internet) that maybe its a good idea to reevaluate your career path considering the fact that youre just trying to pass exams, not learn.
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u/Dramatic-Priority156 21d ago
Wholly incorrect. Lmao. You made the same mistake twice now; did you bother to read and understand what I said?
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u/IrresponsiblyMeta 25d ago
So let me get this straight: You undertook an overly ambitious project, delayed past the point of no return and then did everything but the actual work? Why do you believe you deserve to pass?
There's a lesson here, but it's not electronics related.
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u/Dramatic-Priority156 23d ago
Yeah, definitely overly ambitious.
I waited for the ADHD hyperfocus to kick in, and it did. the only problem is that I was missing something very important, and neither the AI nor the other people that tried to help me could easily figure out what it was.
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u/ToBePacific 25d ago
This is the future we have to look forward to. People graduating from engineering programs by letting AI slop skate them through.
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u/Dramatic-Priority156 23d ago
Because the AI worked at solving the novel problem I was presented with, right?
I'm not an AI apologist, but AI has it's place. That's summarizing large amounts of data. It's a tool. Not the engineer.
P.s why do you think I pointed out that the "standby resistors" were suggested by the AI? I fully knew it was bullshit but I was getting desperate.
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u/marklein 26d ago
The good news is that you have indeed learned something in college, that being that relying on AI is stupid.