Introduction

In this lesson,we will show how to use an active buzzer to make some noise.

Preparations

HARDWARE

• Osoyoo UNO Board (Fully compatible with Arduino UNO rev.3) x 1
• Breadboard x 1
• Active Bzzer x 1
• M/M jumpers
• USB Cable x 1
• PC x 1

About Buzzer

As a type of electronic buzzer with integrated structure, buzzers, which are supplied by DC power, are widely used in computers, printers, photocopiers, alarms, electronic toys, automotive electronic devices, telephones, timers and other electronic products for voice devices. Buzzers can be categorized as active and passive ones (see the following picture). Turn the pins of two buzzers face up, and the one with a green circuit board is a passive buzzer, while the other enclosed with a black tape is an active one.

The difference between an active buzzer and a passive buzzer is:

An active buzzer has a built-in oscillating source, so it will make sounds when electrified. But a passive buzzer does not have such source, so it will not tweet if DC signals are used; instead, you need to use square waves whose frequency is between 2K and 5K to drive it. The active buzzer is often more expensive than the passive one because of multiple built-in oscillating circuits.In this lesson, we use the active buzzer.

Note:

The active buzzer has built-in oscillating source, so it will beep as long as it is electrified, but it can only beep with a fixed frequency.

Connection

In this part, the only thing on the breadboard is the active buzzer. One pin of the active buzzer goes to GND connection and the other to digital pin 12.Build the circuit as below:

CODE PROGRAM

After above operations are completed, connect the Arduino board to your computer using the USB cable. The green power LED (labelled PWR) should go on.Open the Graphical Programming software Mixly and follow the next operations:

This lesson is very similar to the LED lessons,

This program will give a high or low level to the buzzer connected pin 12 to turn it on and off, namelyinking. After programming, you can click the “<" button to check the corresponding code on the right bar.

Click Save aftogramming is done. Select the board type and serial port before uploading. For instause a Uno board, just select Arduino/Genuino Uno: if you use a Mega2560, select Arduino/Genuino Mega or Mega2560.

Select the serial device of the Arduino board from the COM menu. This is likely to be COM3 or higher (COM1 and COM2 are usually reserved for hardware serial ports). To find out, you can disconnect your Arduino board and re-open the menu; the entry that disappears should be the Arduino board. Reconnect the board and select that serial port.

Next,upload the code. If the uploading fails, check and correct the code according to the prompts.

Finally, the staus will change to ‘Upload success!’.

Running Result

A few seconds after the upload finishes, you should hear the buzzer beep.

Note again:

The active buzzer has built-in oscillating source, so it will beep as long as it is electrified, but it can only beep with a fixed frequency.