User:Alessia/Pen plotter music: Difference between revisions

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We got two tape heads: one stereo reader head and one eraser head. The reader head has 4 pins, one set of 2 connected pins for the left channel and one set for the right channel. With a multimeter, we can check the resistance to find out which two pins are connected.

We then cut a 3.5mm audio jack connector in half and solder one half to each set of two pins on the tape. First, we have to remove the wires still connected:

To test the device, we dissect a casette and stick the tape to some paper:

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+|colspan="3"|<center>We got two tape heads: one stereo reader head and one eraser head. The reader head has 4 pins, one set of 2 connected pins for the left channel and one set for the right channel. With a multimeter, we can check the resistance to find out which two pins are connected.</center>
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