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Impedance

Impedance is equal to voltage divided by current. This means that a 4-ohm speaker draws more current than a 6-ohm speaker; more current gives it more power and usually enables it to play loudly more easily.
http://www.prestonelectronics.com/audio/Impedance.htm
It should be apparent by now that there is a relationship between pressure (voltage), flow (current) and restriction (impedance).

Example:

  • Impedience (ohms?) = V/Current
  • Current(Amps) = Voltage/Impedeince(ohms)
  • On Little laptop speaker
  • With volt meterd measured .004 x 2000 = 8
  • BUT the device says 4 ohoms

Arduino puts out 5 volts when analog pins (8-13) are set to HIGH

  • 4ohms = 5V/Xamps
  • or
  • 5V/4ohms = Xamps
  • 4/1 = 5/x
  • 4/5=x
  • x=.8
  • I need .8 amps of current

LEDs

A very good calculator and aproximation of typical LED's if you do not have spec sheets:
http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz
In the example:

  • 5volts
  • 3.3 forward voltage @20mA (recamended for 3-5mm LED's of a white color
  • =APROXIMATELY a 100 ohm resistor at 1/8 Watts

LED calculation

Other, basic system:

hstarwiki/cust/gen/electrical.txt · Last modified: 2017-03-03 T 17:14 (external edit)