Component: Buzzer (Audio Output)

Author	Matrix TSL
Version	1.0
Category	Audio Output

Buzzer component

Drives a simple fixed frequency buzzer in hardware and simulates the sound of a buzzer in simulation. To actually drive a buzzer you would have to amplify the signal from the microcontroller using a transistor or MOSFET.

Component Source Code

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Detailed description

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Examples

Depending on your Buzzer you may need to amplify the signal from the microcontroller using a NPN transistor or N channel FET.

A basic buzzer example using all the buzzer functions.

It should be noted that if you have a single BuzzerOn component with no loop, the buzzer sound will stop when the simulation stops.

The pin will remain high.

While the buzzer is on, the simulation tone is not continuous, it rapidly pulses, the pin will remain high.

That is not a bug with the component

Basic Buzzer Example

Macro reference

BuzzerBeep

	BuzzerBeep
Switches the buzzer on and off automatically to allow for a series of beeps
- UINT	OnTime
Length of time in ms the buzzer will remain on
- UINT	OffTime
Length of time in ms the buzzer will remain off
- BYTE	NumberLoops
Number of times to repeat the sequence. Range 1-255
- VOID	Return

BuzzerOff

	BuzzerOff
Switch Off the Buzzer
- VOID	Return

BuzzerOn

	BuzzerOn
Switch On the Buzzer
- VOID	Return

BuzzerOnDelay

	BuzzerOnDelay
Switch the Buzzer on for a fixed amount of time
- UINT	Time
Time in milliseconds to keep the buzzer on
- VOID	Return

Property reference

	Properties
	Output Pin
Pin used to drive the output to the buzzer
	Polarity
Controls the pin state required to switch the buzzer on.
	Simulation
	Buzzer Frequency
Frequency of the buzzer in Hz to drive the simulation