• @[email protected]
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      17 months ago

      piezo crystal is electric motor. you input deformation of the crystal and get potential difference on opposite sides. other way around also works

      • @NegativeInf
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        27 months ago

        Oh! Gotcha! Makes sense. Forgot about crystal vibrations for clockworks. Thanks!

        • @[email protected]
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          27 months ago

          it’s a special case there, because for frequencies in question mechanical quartz resonator has much higher Q than any electrical resonator you can practically build. that is, mechanical properties of piezo crystal stabilize voltage oscillations