Can someone please advise, on a piezo pick up disc what is the white coating to the disc centre on one side where one of the wires is solder connected , is it a ceramic coating ??
I bought a piezo for my first build, after its arrival from a slow boat from China and its removal from its packaging the white coating was split and then fell off in parts including the wire point.
I thought I might be able to re solder it but I strongly suspect its " Donald Ducked"
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Yes, a ceramic of some type.
I've never tried reassembling one of those. My gut reaction is that what you have there is an ex-pickup. Joined the bleeding choir invisible, etc.
The white ceramic coating is the piezo crystal itself.
Shawn
yes I got it off Amazon, I have been on to the seller and they did offer a refund, I asked them to just send a replacement as I couldn't be bothered with a couple of £ refund.
To their credit they did get back to me promptly. will wait and see if I get a fully functioning one next time around but my future buys are going to be more local with the guarantee of a decent build.
The ceramic is what vibrates as the top vibrates and somehow the mechanical vibrations are converted to electronic sounds.
Interestingly enough, the piezo disks we use were manufactured to be speakers for smoke detectors, burglar alarms, alarm clocks, cell phones, earphones, PA system and guitar amp tweeters, etc. We are creatively reusing them, much like chopping a wall-wart for a mag-pickup, or using a voice-coil speaker as a mic in a stomp-box.
The white coating is actually SILVER.This is why you can solder to it. Be careful because it is not thick. It is applied over a ceramic substrate that is applied and fired on the brass disc.
I grew up working summers in the factory that started making these. When bent, say by twisting, just a little they produce a measurable voltage. I still have some that are larger than a .50 piece. and some as small as a pill.
Same happened to me on two occassions, the wires came off the centre of the piezo. I re-solder mine back on. Both worked ok.
Piezoelectric materials can be divided in 2 main groups: crystals and cermaics.
The most well-known piezoelectric material is quartz (SiO2).
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