MP3 doorbell chime system
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1. A door chime system comprising:
- a microcontroller having a processor and a data memory associated therewith for storing a plurality of digital sound files, said microcontroller having an input and an output representative of a one of said digital sound files;
a door chime actuator having an output responsive to the actuation thereof electrically connected to the input of said microcontroller;
an amplifier stage for converting a one of said digital sound files into sound having an input electrically connected to the output of said microcontroller; and
wherein the output from said microcontroller representative of a one of said digital sound files is supplied to the input of said amplifier stage responsive to said door chime output.
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Abstract
A door chime system includes a microcontroller having a processor and a data memory for storing digital sound files. The microcontroller includes an input and an output representative of digital sound files; a door chime actuator having an output responsive to the depression of the doorbell electrically connected to the input of said microcontroller and an amplifier stage for converting a one of said digital sound files into sound. The output from the microcontroller representative of a digital sound file is supplied to the input of the amplifier stage responsive to the door chime output.
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1. A door chime system comprising:
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a microcontroller having a processor and a data memory associated therewith for storing a plurality of digital sound files, said microcontroller having an input and an output representative of a one of said digital sound files;
a door chime actuator having an output responsive to the actuation thereof electrically connected to the input of said microcontroller;
an amplifier stage for converting a one of said digital sound files into sound having an input electrically connected to the output of said microcontroller; and
wherein the output from said microcontroller representative of a one of said digital sound files is supplied to the input of said amplifier stage responsive to said door chime output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A door chime system comprising:
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a microcontroller having a processor and a data memory associated therewith for storing a plurality of digital sound files, said microcontroller having a plurality of inputs and at least one output representative of at least one digital sound files;
a plurality of doorbell buttons each having an output responsive to the actuation of said button electrically connected to an input of said microcontroller;
an amplifier stage for converting a one of said digital sound files into audible sound having an input for accepting the at least one output of said microcontroller; and
wherein the output from said microcontroller representative of a one of said digital sound files is supplied to the input of said amplifier stage responsive to an actuation of a doorbell button. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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