The Sound Box has had another update, and now includes an external speaker socket. this means that it can be plugged into an external amplifier/speaker or some other output device that can handle the analog signal. The image below shows the new jack socket with a device already connected via a jackplug:
Sound Box with new external plug socket
In the next image a surface transducer (a surface speaker) is plugged into the Sound Box. The transducer itself is attached to a 1.2mm zinc plate with a strip of BlueTack. The transducer makes the zinc plate vibrate to produce sound.
Transducer attached to a zinc plate with bluetack
The final image is a close-up of the transducer. You can buy these for around £5.00 each (or less) from many outlets on the web.
Transducer
The next experiment will be to connect the Sound Box to an external amplifier, and from this to a much more powerful speaker. The speaker will be attached to a metal plate and we will look at how the sound waves propagate on the surface of the plate to produce patterns (visible using fine sand or powder).
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