Department of Electronics

Shivaji University, Kolhapur

Summer Vacation Workshop

for
School Children
on

Musical Door Bell

24-25 April 2015

The UM66 Melody

IC
UM66T is a melody integrated circuit. It is
designed for use in bells, telephones, toys etc. It
has an inbuilt tone and a beat generator. The tone
generator is a programmed divider which
produces certain frequencies. These frequencies
are a factor of the oscillator frequency. The beat
generator is also a programmed divider which
contains 15 available beats. Four beats of these
can be selected.
There is an inbuilt oscillator circuit that serves as
a time base for beat and tone generator. It has a
62 notes ROM to play music. A set of 4 bits
controls the scale code while 2 bits control the
rhythm code. When power is turned on, the
melody generator is reset and melody begins
from the first note. The speaker can be driven by
an external npn transistor connected to the
output of UM66.
Many versions of UM66T are available which
generate tone of different songs. For example,
UM66T01 generates tone for songs Jingle bells,
Santa Claus is coming to town and We wish you
a merry Xmas.

Circuit Schematic

Fig 1: Circuit Diagram of Simple Musical Doorbell

Ref: UM66 Datasheet, Unisonic Technologies Co., Ltd.

Fig 2: IC UM66

Fig 3: Transistor

Table 1: Pin Configuration of IC UM66

Pin
No
1
2
3

Function

Name

Melody output
Output
Supply voltage (1.5V Vcc
4.5V)
Ground (0V)
Ground
3

Resistance Color Code

Speaker
In order to translate an
electrical signal into an
audible sound, speakers
contain an electromagnet: a
coppor coil which creates a
magnetic field when an
electric current flows
through it. This coil behaves Inside a speaker:
1. Cone
much like a normal
2. Electromagnet
(permanent) magnet, with
(coil)
one particularly handy
3. Permanent
property: reversing the
magnet
direction
current
Inside of
a the
speaker,
aninelectromagnet is placed
the
coil flips
poles of the
in
front
of a the
permanent
magnet. The permanent
magnet.is fixed firmly into position whereas the
magnet
electromagnet is movable. As electricity passes
through the coil of the electromagnet, the
direction of its magnetic field is rapidly changed.
This means that it is in turn attracted to and
repelled from the permanent magnet, vibrating
back and forth.
The electromagnet is attached to a cone made
of a flexible material such as paper or plastic
which amplifies these vibrations, pumping sound
waves into the surrounding air and towards your
ears.
The frequency of the vibrations governs the
pitch of the sound produced, and their amplitude
affects the volume

Transistor Amplifier