Seer Frights — Three-Knock

Parts List

Everything you need. Where to find it.

Field notes — the knocker supply list. Everything below is what you need to build the Three-Knock.

VERSION 1 — THE EASY ONE

Piezo disc, 27mm

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The flat brass kind. Looks like a tiny gold coin with two wires. About the size of a quarter. Electronics store or online. About $0.10 each.

Amazon → Mouser →

AAA battery

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From the junk drawer, the TV remote, wherever. 1.5V. You only need one.

Amazon →

Electrical tape

1 roll
#1 Swamp Glow#2 Route 13#3 Three-Knock

Black electrical tape. Holds the wiring connections together. Any hardware store or dollar store.

Amazon →

Tactile push button, 6×6mm (optional)

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Optional — gives a cleaner click than touching the wire by hand. The tiny clicky kind, about the size of a pencil eraser. Buy a bag of 100 for a couple bucks. You only need one.

Amazon →

VERSION 2 — ADD THESE

Building Version 2? You still need the piezo disc from above, plus these parts. The ATtiny85 controls the knock pattern — three knocks, then 24 hours of silence. No soldering needed.

ATtiny85 chip (8-pin DIP)

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#1 Swamp Glow#2 Route 13#3 Three-Knock

Tiny 8-pin microcontroller. Program it once, it remembers forever. Runs on a CR2032 coin battery. Same chip used in the Swamp Glow and Route 13 builds.

Amazon →

Tiny AVR Programmer

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#1 Swamp Glow#2 Route 13#3 Three-Knock

USB programmer board for the ATtiny85. Plug the chip in, upload code from Arduino IDE, done. Same programmer used in the Swamp Glow and Route 13 builds.

Amazon →

CR2032 coin battery

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#1 Swamp Glow#2 Route 13#3 Three-Knock

3V coin cell. Powers the ATtiny85 and piezo disc. Same battery used in the Swamp Glow and Route 13 builds.

Energizer → Amazon Basics → POWEROWL →

CR2032 battery holder with switch

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#1 Swamp Glow#2 Route 13#3 Three-Knock

Holds the coin battery. Built-in on/off switch. Red and black wires connect to the ATtiny85. Same holder used in the Swamp Glow and Route 13 builds.

Amazon →

VERSION 3 — GO FURTHER

ATOM Matrix plugs into the Atomic Echo Base. USB power. Connect to Wi-Fi. Done.

ATOM Matrix

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24mm square, 7 grams. ESP32 processor, 5×5 RGB LED matrix, Wi-Fi. USB-C power. About $15.

Buy →

Atomic Echo Base

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Speaker and microphone board. The ATOM Matrix plugs right into it. Plays the recorded knock sound through the speaker.

Buy →

USB-C cable

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Powers the stacked ATOM Matrix + Echo Base. Any USB-C cable will work.

Amazon →

USB power source

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Wall adapter, battery pack, or long USB extension to a hidden outlet. Needs to run all night.

Amazon →

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