You can buy cheap adapters that do the same thing. Connect both headset
leads to the tip.
Here's a gold plated one!
www.amazon.com/Monoprice-107128-Stereo-Adaptor-Plated/dp/B002N1XMPO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1520006425&sr=8-3&keywords=mono+to+stereo+3.5mm+adapter
tim ab0wr
On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 23:12:41 -0500
"Vince Vielhaber" <vev@...> wrote:
So you're saying that if I want to use a pair of stereo headphones I
have around here I should cut the connector off of it and wire it up
to a mono plug? Yeah... I'll get right on that.
Vince.
On 03/01/2018 10:49 PM, Tim Gorman wrote:
If you insert a mono plug into a TRS jack the ring terminal of the
jack is almost always shorted to ground (i.e. the sleeve). If you
wire the output of the 2822 to both the tip and ring terminals and
then insert a mono plug there simply isn't any doubt that you are
probably going to short the output of the 2822 to ground. Bad
things will happen.
There is no reason to wire the output of the 2822 to both the tip
and the ring terminals. If you have a stereo headset then wire both
headset leads to tip of the plug and only wire up the tip lead on
the socket. Then if someone inadvertently plugs in a mono plug you
won't short the output of the 2822 to ground.
I agree that the large charging current going into the 470uf cap
could stress the 2822, perhaps only causing a failure after a
number of on/off cycles. That's something that would be hard to
diagnose!
I have modified my schematic to show using a 47uf cap being fed
with a 1 amp fuse from the 2822. If I ever get a chance to actually
finish up my ubitx it will be interesting to see if the 1 amp fuse
is sufficient.
tim ab0wr
On Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:39:50 -0800
"Jerry Gaffke via Groups.Io" <jgaffke@...> wrote:
And subsequent replies have suggested this may not be sufficient.
Some seem to fry when plugging something into the headphone jack
even if there is no short to ground involved. Or when powering up
the rig. Our best guess now is that there are significant currents
involved when that 470uF cap suddenly has to charge up to Vcc/2
And that some clone TDA2822's may be weaker than mainline
manufacturers.
On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 03:31 pm, Christopher Miller wrote:
One of the first replies suggested not wiring the ring, and using
a mono to stereo adapter cable if stereo headphones are required.
