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#051 El Jarabe Tapatío - The Mexican Hat Dance

Play The Mexican Hat Dance on a piezo buzzer! Here’s a quick demo:

JarabeTapatio

Notes

A simplified version of the melody in scored in this GuitarPro file. It is the basis of the song played by the sketch.

Amplification

The signal from the Arduino can be directly fed to a piezo, however this doesn’t result in a very loud sound.

This circuit uses an LM 386 Low Voltage Audio Power Amplifier as a simple way to amplify the AC signal. Given that we are only interested in the alternating signal, the amplifier input and output signals are isolated with capacitors. The LM 386 is used in the default configuration, which results in a relatively low gain (x20) but that is sufficient for our purposes here.

Construction

The Breadboard

The Schematic

The Build

Credits and References

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LEAP is just my personal collection of projects. Two main themes have emerged in recent years, sometimes combined:

  • electronics - usually involving an Arduino or other microprocessor in one way or another. Some are full-blown projects, while many are trivial breadboard experiments, intended to learn and explore something interesting
  • scale modelling - I caught the bug after deciding to build a Harrier during covid to demonstrate an electronic jet engine simulation. Let the fun begin..
To be honest, I haven't quite figured out if these two interests belong in the same GitHub repo or not. But for now - they are all here!

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