charlesnarles Posted May 11, 2015 Report Posted May 11, 2015 (edited) Wondering if I can take a board with a little PTT button (like a toy blaster trigger button, for example), rip off the button and solder a female 1/8 inch audio jack to the connectors and then plug an icomm PTT male 1/8 inch in and have it work? In other words, do I need a special PTT female jack or would any audio jack work? I'm looking at the non-icomm PTT from voicebooster.com (says works with anything but icomm) And here's the jack I'm thinking: http://www.amazon.com/Hosa-MHE310-Headphone-Adapter-10-Feet/dp/B00BGDMIOG Thinking of cutting the male off and using the female side's wires to connect where the other button is currently connected. Edited May 11, 2015 by charlesnarles Quote
netslave[501st] Posted May 11, 2015 Report Posted May 11, 2015 (edited) Usually, any PTT simply breaks a circuit. But in some cases, you may need a different setup (where the button shorts the circuit with a resistor as the PTT for Midland Walkie Talkies do). The problem you may face with a simple 'normally open' button, is you may experience loud popping when you click it on and off. It'll work though, just be aware. To solve the popping, I'm not sure what to do. I have the same issue I'm trying to solve. I've been looking into debounce circuits, use of capacitors/resistors, as well as different mute circuits, but I'm no electronics wizard (yet ). Hopefully someone will be able to shed some light on that. Edited May 11, 2015 by netslave Quote
charlesnarles Posted May 12, 2015 Author Report Posted May 12, 2015 (edited) Great news that it'll work (assuming I can solder it properly), thanks for the feedback. What kind of popping are we talking? Cause the stormtrooper mask board I'm using doesn't make any click before you speak, so that wouldn't be a deal-breaker for me (unless it's damaging to the circuit or speaker) Edited May 12, 2015 by charlesnarles Quote
netslave[501st] Posted May 12, 2015 Report Posted May 12, 2015 May be loud. You'll just have to test and see. Quote
charlesnarles Posted May 12, 2015 Author Report Posted May 12, 2015 Right, thanks again! I'm doing a cheap alternative to a romFX or iComm using the Disney TK voice changer mask, if you couldn't tell Quote
ukswrath[Staff] Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 Hey Scott I bought one of those Disney masks and ripped the guys out of it as well haha. Handy little setup. Interested to see how yours works out. Quote
charlesnarles Posted May 20, 2015 Author Report Posted May 20, 2015 Cool, I have to buy your speakers soon and do some jimmy-rigging but I keep getting distracted by Sterling replicas lol Quote
ukswrath[Staff] Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 haha I completely understand. Well I'm on wave two on orders, the Hovi tips are selling like crazy. Let me know if/when your ready. BTW, I'm working on running the Disney board through my ROM/FX Mic somehow, or soldering a 3.5mm jack to the board and pipe the Hovi speakers through it. Either way this little board is way too fun for the money. Hey if you come up with something let me know. Talk soon Quote
charlesnarles Posted May 26, 2015 Author Report Posted May 26, 2015 That's what I was thinking. Soldering female 3.5mm jacks to the speaker out and to the PTT out. Then it'll have a different click before and after. It's the chatter keeping me from switching to an iComm or rom/FX Quote
ukswrath[Staff] Posted May 26, 2015 Report Posted May 26, 2015 That's what I was thinking. Soldering female 3.5mm jacks to the speaker out and to the PTT out. Then it'll have a different click before and after. It's the chatter keeping me from switching to an iComm or rom/FX Incorporating tk chatter into the iComm or ROM/FX would be the golden goose, and that's what I'm working on haha. On another note, Though you posted a "Payment sent" message I never actually received any payment, I just checked my Paypal account. Was that meant for someone else? Quote
charlesnarles Posted May 26, 2015 Author Report Posted May 26, 2015 I pm'd ya. Sorry about that. Should be cleared up now eh? Quote
charlesnarles Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Posted May 29, 2015 (edited) I'm about to order a Voicebooster.com PTT button but the board I'm using has a speaker directly wired to it, no external amp:----------- The $10 voicebooster PTT designed for icomms has one jack so I'm gonna solder that to the connectors of the old button. The other PTT offered has an out for an amp which I don't have. Should work, right? Or does the icomm PTT have special wiring? Just wondering, if anyone has dealt with their innards before Edited March 31, 2022 by gmrhodes13 link removed no longer working Quote
Tolo[TK] Posted May 30, 2015 Report Posted May 30, 2015 The PTT is pretty much on/off switch with 2 wires. Sent from my iPhone 6 using Tapatalk Quote
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