Hi all, I might be approaching this the wrong way - so I will explain the whole situation in-case you can think of a better way to help!
So - we have a system in place at work that 'beeps' when a new order comes in to the store. Unfortunately this 'beep' is being drowned out by background noise and it's hard to hear the 'beep'.
the beep is played through a non-powered speaker through a 3.5mm audio jack.
Why not use a powered speaker, you ask? Well - we've been told by the software company that we cannot - and yes - we've tried using one anyway and for some reason the beep just will not play through the powered speaker - only a non powered one! crazy right!
Anyway - what I want to do is wire up a 'buzzer' to the 3.5mm jack and potentially use USB power to power the buzzer, having the 'beep' trigger the buzzer.
buzzer in question - http://jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=AB3452
Now I don't suppose I can just daisy chain all three components (buzzer = USB 5v = 3.5mm = buzzer) and expect this to work (5v from USB might fry something going through the 3.5mm jack?) ?
How would I be-able to wire this up? Or how else could I get this to work?
Thank-you for any advice in advanced.
Jake
So - we have a system in place at work that 'beeps' when a new order comes in to the store. Unfortunately this 'beep' is being drowned out by background noise and it's hard to hear the 'beep'.
the beep is played through a non-powered speaker through a 3.5mm audio jack.
Why not use a powered speaker, you ask? Well - we've been told by the software company that we cannot - and yes - we've tried using one anyway and for some reason the beep just will not play through the powered speaker - only a non powered one! crazy right!
Anyway - what I want to do is wire up a 'buzzer' to the 3.5mm jack and potentially use USB power to power the buzzer, having the 'beep' trigger the buzzer.
buzzer in question - http://jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=AB3452
Now I don't suppose I can just daisy chain all three components (buzzer = USB 5v = 3.5mm = buzzer) and expect this to work (5v from USB might fry something going through the 3.5mm jack?) ?
How would I be-able to wire this up? Or how else could I get this to work?
Thank-you for any advice in advanced.
Jake