Dane.Kouttron
Super Quick Casette Tape Adapter
Argh! road trip with no casette adapter? no problem.| A headphone to casette
tape adapter consists of a head which converts the analog voltage from
the headphone jack (~1v p-p) to a magnetic field waveform. Casette
tapes are just a means for storing the audio waveform as a magnetic
flux waveform. So why not buy one? i needed a tape adapter for an 8 hour road trip, wasnt willing to pay close to 20 dollars at radio shack, and didnt mind the quirky sound quality. Thank you fields and waves. |  |
What? : Create a casette tape adapter with components you have at home
Part 1: Getting The Goods
| Part | Site/ place to get | Cost |
| Used Old casette tape | local music store / your parents closet | $0.00 -1.00 |
| Wire |
you should have wire lying around somewhere (phone cable) |
$0.00-2.00 |
| headphone adapter |
grab these from old headphones / electronics store | $0.00-5.00 |
| rubber band | market, grocery store, your desk at work, the library | $0.00 |
none necessary
Part 2: Creating the adapter
| Step | Descriptor | Image |
| 1: | Open up the casette tape, (normally 2-4 screws) |
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| 2: | Remove the existing tape and plastic brushes (the area where the tape would interface to the tape player) |  |
| 3. |
Cut a hole in the side of the tape deck for an incoming headphone cable. |  |
| 4: | wrap thin (30gague) wire around the two posts at the bottom of the casette tape 8 times. Hotglue it in place |
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| 5. | Wrap a small rubber band around the two white tape wheel terminals. This might not be necessary, and its dependant on your tape player. |  |
| 6. | Place two 22 ohm resistors in line with the stereo inputs, and solder to the exciter coil |  |
| 7. | Solder the stereo input to the headphone wire |  |
| 8. | Repackage everything and listen to tunes on your road trip! |
Refrences:
<this was written on a train ride from nyc to albany, its a little rough, here's a similar project>
http://www.streettech.com/archives_DIY/audioAdapter.html
Dane.Kouttron
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Electrical & Electrical Power
631.978.1650
