MATCHBOX

MICROPHONE
Procedure:
 
Step 1: Take an empty matchbox and remove the drawer. Then using a sharp pencil poke two holes through each end of the
drawer, as shown in the pictures.
 
Step 2: Use a sharp knife and a cutting board, to carefully split your pencil in half and remove the graphite.
 
Step 3: Insert the graphite into one of the holes in the matchbox drawer, and out through the hole opposite. Put the
remaining graphite through the holes in the other side of the matchbox. If you haven't got enough graphite, extract some
more from another pencil in the same way we did earlier. Twist the graphite so the flat surface we made is facing upwards.
 
Step 4: Break off another short piece of graphite, and place this flat-side-down on top of the two pieces in the matchbox as
shown in the pictures. This piece will act as our microphone diaphragm, and the reason we made the flat surface on the
graphite, is to stop it rolling around.

Step 5: Take your battery and an old pair of earphones that don't matter if they get damaged and you can also use a
speaker.
 
Step 6: Then using a selection of leads and clips, connect one battery terminal to one side of the microphone (the red lead),
and the other battery terminal to one channel of the earphone jack (the black lead). Connect a third lead (the black lead
with black and red clips) between the other side of the microphone, and the tip of the earphone jack.
 
If you're using stereo earphones like me, you'll only get sound out of one side.
CHAPTER 1-INTRODUCTION:
Microphone is a transduser that converts
sound. A device that changes information
from one form to another. Matchbox is a
box made of cardboard and designed to
hold matches. We use microphone especially
in the big events. In school, we use
microphone. Computer microphones are
used for a variety of purposes, from
recording audio, to conferencing and
podcasting. Standard computer
microphones use a 3.5-inch audio plug and
connect to the computer's sound card.
Background of the Study:
The first microphone that enabled proper voice telephony was the
(loose-contact) carbon microphone. This was independently developed
by David Edward Hughes in England and Emile Berliner and Thomas
Edison in the US. This microphone was employed at the first ever
radio broadcast, a performance at the New York Metropolitan Opera
House in 1910. This is a brief history of a microphone and the persons,
who developed and invented it.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:
The statement of the problem
is when the wire doesn’t
connect properly and it works
but the sound of the
microphone was not clear. It
was a little bit fuzzy and if
you don’t place the wires
right where they need to put.
Hypothesis:
I think that our product will be a little bit
fuzzy. Unlike an ordinary microphone, our
matchbox microphone won’t be able to work
good like an ordinary microphone does. A
matchbox microphone is more affordable
compared to the ordinary microphone, it is
fuzzy and when you start talking and testing
it, the sound isn’t good. I also think that if we
use this kind of microphone then we can
conserve more energy and we don’t need to
use electricity.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY:
The purpose of the matchbox microphone is
for us to be able to hear the speaker even if
he/she is far away from you. Matchbox
microphone is like an ordinary microphone
but it is more affordable for students like us.
We can conserve more energy if we use this
kind of microphone instead of using the
ordinary one.
SCOPE AND LIMITATION:
Based on our research, the microphone matchbox
is more affordable for a student like us. We can
conserve energy using microphone matchbox. The
limitation of the study is when the wire does not
connect properly the sound would not be clear
enough to hear. Also, we can’t use this product in
big events such as graduation, parties, etc. The
ordinary microphone is the thing that we can only
use in these events because it doesn’t have
limitations when it comes to distances.
  

Chapter II- Review of Related Literature:

A microphone is a device for converting acoustic power into
electric power that has essentially similar wave characteristics.
Microphones convert sound waves into electrical voltages that
are eventually converted back into sound waves thru speakers.
They were first used with early telephones and then radio
transmitters.In 1827, Sir Charles Wheatstone was the first
person to coin the phrase "microphone."
CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY
A: MATERIALS
Match Box
 B: PROCEDURES

Alligator Clip
Graphite Pencil
Battery
Earphones
CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Our hypothesis proved that the
matchbox can be used to make an
ordinary microphone but we also
discovered that the graphite are more
important because without the
graphite at the top of the two pencil,
the product will not work and we can’t
hear any sound from it. Graphite is an
excellent conductor of heat and
electricity, is corrosion and heat
resistant and is also strong and light. It
is one of the reasons why when we
connected it to the battery, it works
 ANALYST OF DATA
Our final product is a matchbox microphone
and the idea of that product came from an
ordinary microphone. We tested if the
product will work like real microphone but it
turn out that the matchbox microphone is
fuzzier unlike an ordinary microphone. We
also knew that our product have limitations
and we can’t use it in bigger events. We
also knew that the wire or alligator clips that
we used have positive and negative energy;
we can’t just use any wire that we see in our
surroundings. Our product works well but
the sound is a little bit fuzzy and it’s not
perfect like a microphone.
 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION
The product that we did worked well and our hypothesis
is true. The matchbox microphone works but it is fuzzy.
This product worked because of the graphite pencil and
the wire that we use. We know that the graphite is one
of the best examples of good conductor of heat and
electricity that’s why we don’t need to plug it. With the
help of battery, the product works that’s why we proved
that our hypothesis is all true.
CHAPTER 6: RECOMMENDATION
We recommend that not to use
headphones that you don't care whether or
not they are destroyed, and do not plug an
electronic unless you are confident that it
is safe, or else you may just ruin ports on
your computer or other device. A better
way to get pencil leads without breaking
them is by burning the wood off or buying
leads for a mechanical pencil at any art
store. The graphite lead is very easy to
remove once the wood becomes charcoal.
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