Figure 19-2:
Use jumper
J12 to
connect
Piezo buzzer
on RE1 or
RC2 pin
Piezoelectricity
is the charge which accumulates
in certain solid materials in response to mechanical
pressure, but also providing the charge to the
piezoelectric material causes it to physically
deform. One of the most widely used applications
of piezoelectricity is the production of sound
generators, called piezo buzzers.
Piezo buzzer
is an
electric component that comes in different shapes and
sizes, which can be used to create sound waves when
provided with analog electrical signal. EasyPIC
™
v7 comes
with piezo buzzer which can be connected either to
RC2
or
RE1
microcontroller pins, which is determined by the position
of
J21
jumper. Buzzer is driven by transistor
Q8
(
Figure 19-1
).
Microcontrollers can create sound by generating a PWM (Pulse Width
Modulated) signal – a
square wave
signal, which is nothing more than
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In order to use the on-board Piezo Buzzer in
your application, you first have to connect the
transistor driver of piezo buzzer to the appropriate
microcontroller pin. This is done using jumper
J21
.
You can place the jumper in two positions, thus
connecting the buzzer driver to either
RC2
or
RE1
microcontroller pin.
Buzzer starts "singing" when you provide
PWM signal from the microcontroller
to the buzzer driver. The pitch of the
sound is determined by the frequency,
and amplitude is determined by the
duty cycle of the PWM signal.
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Figure 19-1: Piezo
buzzer connected to RC2
microcontroller pin
Piezo Buzzer
a sequence of logic zeros and ones. Frequency of the square
signal determines the pitch of the generated sound, and duty
cycle of the signal can be used to increase or decrease the
volume in the range from 0% to 100% of the duty cycle. You
can generate PWM signal using hardware capture-compare
module, which is usually available in most microcontrollers,
or by writing a custom software which emulates the desired
signal waveform.
Supported sound frequencies
Piezo buzzer’s resonant frequency (where you can expect it's
best performance) is
3.8kHz
, but you can also use it to create
sound in the range between
2kHz
and
4kHz
.
Freq = 3kHz, Duty Cycle = 50
%
Freq = 3kHz,
Volume = 50
%
Freq = 3kHz,
Volume = 80
%
Freq = 3kHz,
Volume = 20
%
Freq = 3kHz, Duty Cycle = 80
%
Freq = 3kHz, Duty Cycle = 20
%
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