Little Bird / Component atlas / 004

Inside a buzzer.

A changing voltage. A bending disc. A vibration you can hear.

PASSIVE PIEZO SOUNDERD3 · 0–5 V drive
Ceramic + brass diaphragm
Piezo buzzerCOMPONENT EXPLORER
D3 → PIEZO
0.00VACROSS THE PIEZO
440HzTONE FREQUENCY
Ready to play
5 V0 VOne cycle · edges and motion slowed
Diaphragm bending enlarged
Conventional current+ → −Reverses as the piezo discharges
DRAG TO ORBIT  ·  SCROLL OR PINCH TO ZOOM
Current direction convention