PASCO SF-9324 Mechanical Wave Driver - Manual

Instruction Sheet
012-03177H
PASCO Waves and Sound
Mechanical Wave Driver
SF-9324
800-772-8700 www.pasco.com
®
*012-03177*
Included Equipment
1. Mechanical Wave Driver, SF-9324
2. Sloted String Holder with Plug (1)
3. String Holder with Plug (1)
• Elastic cord (not shown)
• Extra fuses (not shown)
Replacement Parts
• Slotted String Holder with Plug (4), SF-9322
• String Holder with Plug (4), SF-9323
Required Equipment
• Banana Plug Patch Cords (SE-9751)
and one of the following function generators
• Sine Wave Generator (WA-9867)
• Function Generator (PI-8127)
or
• Power Amplifier II (CI-6552A) with
• ScienceWorkshop 750 Interface (CI-7650)
or
• Xplorer GLX Power Amplifier (PS-2006) with
• Xplorer GLX Datalogger (PS-2002)
Introduction
The Mechanical Wave Driver lets you drive wave experiments
with ease and accuracy. You will need a function generator*
with an amplifier capable of producing current up to 1 ampere.
(The PASCO WA-9867 Sine Wave Generator and the PASCO
PI-8127 Function Generator are recommended.)
* See the PASCO catalog or web site at www.pasco.com for more infor-
mation.
The Mechanical Wave Driver is a strong, long-throw speaker,
with an attached drive arm. The top of the drive arm has a 4
millimeter diameter hole for plugging in the included connec-
tors. The speaker will vibrate at any frequency from 0.1 Hz to 5
kilohertz (kHz) and with amplitudes up to 7 millimeters (mm)
peak-to-peak at the low end of the frequency range. The wave-
form need not be a sine wave; other waveforms such as square,
triangle, or sawtooth can be used.
1. 2. 3.
Drive arm
Drive arm
locking tab
Connect signal
from function
generator
Fuse holder
String holder
storage hole