BE Lesson 9 Make an audio amplifier Use an operational amplifier (opamp) to build an audio amplifier © 2012 C. Rightmyer, Licensed under The MIT OSI License, 20 July 2012
BE project 9-1. An audio amplifier using the LM-386 opamp
Schematic for the completed audio amplifier Adapted from:
Pinout for LM386N-3 (U2) GAIN - INPUT + INPUT GND BYPASS Vs Vout
Hookup diagram for BE ckt F 10 F F F F place speaker face up 10K 10 F 9v Stereo input D1 and D2 = 1N4148 D1 D2
BE project 9-2. Bonus Velleman audio amplifier kit K4001
Background slides for L9
Frequency response of an ideal audio amplifier
A typical high-quality amplifier’s frequency response curve
Frequency response with a lower quality amp