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Transducer

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A transducer is a device that takes an input and changes it into a different type of signal.

For example microphone is a transducer that changes sound into an electrical signal.

A loudspeaker is a transducer that takes an electrical signal (varying electrical current) and changes it into sound (due to the movement of the loudspeaker cone).

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