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Beats - Oscillators, Speakers And Oscilloscope
Purpose
To hear audio beats and see their wave form on an oscilloscope.
Equipment
Pasco Dual Function Generator, loudspeaker, and four-trace scope.
Setup Time
5 min.
Images
Description
Two oscillators (in a Pasco Dual Function Generator) create sine waves which are displayed on the oscilloscope. The sum is also created by the Dual Function Generator and output to the third trace of the oscilloscope as well as to a loudspeaker. The beats can be seen and heard as the frequency of one of the sine waves is varied, producing slow changes in amplitude (small frequency differences) or the wave packet effect (larger frequency differences).
References
H. J. Janssen and E. L. Flerackers, Beats: An Interference Phenomenon, TPT 17, 188-189, (1979).
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See pagesg1. simple harmonic motion
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See pagesg2. resonance & coupled oscillations
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See pagesg3. mechanical waves one dimensional
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See pagesg4. mechanical waves two dimensional
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See pagesg1. simple harmonic motion
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See pagesg2. resonance & coupled oscillations
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See pagesg3. mechanical waves one dimensional
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See pagesg4. mechanical waves two dimensional