Building the Mini Tic Tac Amp: A Step-by-Step Guide

Building the mini Tic Tac amp is a fun and easy project that only requires a few components to get started. The first step is to gather all the necessary materials, which include a Tic Tac container or similar plastic box, a resistor, a transistor, a capacitor, a mini audio jack, a button cell battery holder, and a small piece of circuit board. Since we want to make this really small to fit in the Tic Tac container, we need to do some cutting on the circuit board using my Dremel tool. We'll score one side and then snap that edge off, scoring another side as well, which will give us our small circuit board.

With our circuit board in hand, let's head over to the bench and start soldering. I bent the pins out on the button cell battery holder so they'll fit into the circuit board, where we'll begin building our little circuit with just three components. You can get the schematic for this absolutely free on my it Kip k.com website. We'll add the resistor and transistor, along with some wiring that will connect to our audio jack. After adding the capacitor, our circuit is complete and looks like it can be trimmed a bit more off this circuit board to make it even smaller.

Now, we need a way to plug in our audio source, so I'm going to use a stereo cable with stripped ends. I drilled a small hole in the bottom of the Tic Tac container and ran the audio cable through that, then wired it up to the three connections in our circuit. It's time to give it some juice, so I'll add the button cell battery and push everything inside the Tic Tac container. Then, I hot-glued the audio jack into the top of the Tic Tac container, creating a handy little door that opens up to plug in our headphones.

Now that we have our mini Tic Tac amp complete, let's test it out! I'm going to use one of my favorite pairs of earbuds, the MZ 11 Deco with satin wood finish, which sound really awesome. You can check them out by following the link in the description. For testing, I'll be using an iPod, and plug my audio cable into that, then plug my earbuds into my mini Tic Tac amp. The miniature Tic Tac amp gives a nice little boost to my tunes, making it perfect for listening on-the-go.

This project is great because you can stick your portable amplifier in your pocket, making it easy to take with you wherever you go. So, if you want to learn how to make this or check out more of my projects, be sure to let us know in the comments and visit my how-to and project prank Channel, which has over 250 videos. You can also check out my Kip K kits projects that you can buy and build by clicking the Box on the right. Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next time!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enbuilding the mini Tic Tac amp is pretty easy and only requires a few components to start off with you need a Tic Tac container or similar plastic box then you'll need a resistor a transistor and a capacitor you'll also need a mini audio jack to plug your headphones in a button cell battery holder for power and a small piece of circuit board to put it all together since we want to make this really small to fit in the Tic Tac container we're going to need to do some cutting on the circuit board using my Dremel tool so we'll score one side and then snap that edge off and score another side and we've got our small circuit board we're going to build our little circuit with all right let's head over to the bench and start some soldering I bent the pins out on the Button cell battery holder so they'll fit in the circuit board and that's where we're going to start this is a very easy circuit to build with only three components and you can get the schematic for this absolutely free on my it Kip k.com we'll add the resistor and the transistor and some wiring that'll go to our audio jack and after adding the capacitor our circuit is done and it looks like it can trim a little more off this circuit board to make it smaller now we need a way to plug it into our audio source so I'm going to use a stereo cable with stripped ends I drilled a small hole in the bottom of the Tic Tac container and ran the audio cable through that then wired it up to the three Connections in our circuit okay it's time to give it some juice so I'll add the buttons cell battery and I'll push everything inside the Tic Tac container then I hot Glu the audio jack inside the top of the Tic Tac container now we have a handy little door that opens up to plug our headphones in to test out my mini Tic Tac amp I'm going to use one of my favorite pair of earbuds these are the MZ 11 Deco with satin wood finish and they sound really awesome so I put the link in the description if you want to check them out and I'm just going to use an iPod I use for testing and I plug my audio cable into that and then I plug my earbuds into my mini Tic Tac amp the miniature Tic Tac amp gives a nice little boost to my Tunes now how you use a little portable amplifier you could stick in your pocket tell us in the comments to check out my howto and project prank Channel with over 250 videos click the Box on the left and to check out my Kip K kits projects that you can buy and build click the Box on the right thanks for watching and we'll see you next timebuilding the mini Tic Tac amp is pretty easy and only requires a few components to start off with you need a Tic Tac container or similar plastic box then you'll need a resistor a transistor and a capacitor you'll also need a mini audio jack to plug your headphones in a button cell battery holder for power and a small piece of circuit board to put it all together since we want to make this really small to fit in the Tic Tac container we're going to need to do some cutting on the circuit board using my Dremel tool so we'll score one side and then snap that edge off and score another side and we've got our small circuit board we're going to build our little circuit with all right let's head over to the bench and start some soldering I bent the pins out on the Button cell battery holder so they'll fit in the circuit board and that's where we're going to start this is a very easy circuit to build with only three components and you can get the schematic for this absolutely free on my it Kip k.com we'll add the resistor and the transistor and some wiring that'll go to our audio jack and after adding the capacitor our circuit is done and it looks like it can trim a little more off this circuit board to make it smaller now we need a way to plug it into our audio source so I'm going to use a stereo cable with stripped ends I drilled a small hole in the bottom of the Tic Tac container and ran the audio cable through that then wired it up to the three Connections in our circuit okay it's time to give it some juice so I'll add the buttons cell battery and I'll push everything inside the Tic Tac container then I hot Glu the audio jack inside the top of the Tic Tac container now we have a handy little door that opens up to plug our headphones in to test out my mini Tic Tac amp I'm going to use one of my favorite pair of earbuds these are the MZ 11 Deco with satin wood finish and they sound really awesome so I put the link in the description if you want to check them out and I'm just going to use an iPod I use for testing and I plug my audio cable into that and then I plug my earbuds into my mini Tic Tac amp the miniature Tic Tac amp gives a nice little boost to my Tunes now how you use a little portable amplifier you could stick in your pocket tell us in the comments to check out my howto and project prank Channel with over 250 videos click the Box on the left and to check out my Kip K kits projects that you can buy and build click the Box on the right thanks for watching and we'll see you next time\n"