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🔊 How to make an LM386 audio amplifier circuit
Why people recommend it
A step-by-step LM386 audio amplifier build that many beginners copy, often followed by questions about its advice to use at least 1000 µF on the output.
Watch for: the circuit at 4:50; the 1000 µF output capacitor claim is debated
In their words
In this video explaining how to make an audio amplifier, the narrator warns
cheaterpushups on electronics.stackexchange.com, Apr 2017. CC BY-SA.
I found a guide centered around the LM386 Low Voltage Audio Power Amplifier on YouTube here.
ifconfig on electronics.stackexchange.com, Oct 2018. CC BY-SA.
The schematic I am specifically referencing is the one below (source):
tangrs on electronics.stackexchange.com, Feb 2017. CC BY-SA.
