Connecting 4ohm 25W speaker to arduino uno

I had an old tape recorder from Sanyo.I took out the speaker and want to use it to play sound through Arduino UNO.The speaker is rated at 4ohm 25W. So can I use it with some kind of amplifier? Give me a guide or any link .Thanks :slight_smile:

So can I use it with some kind of amplifier?

Yes it has to be used with an amplifier.

AdaFruit have suitable ones.

I have one of [u]these[/u]. (Note that you have to buy the power supply separately for this particular amplifier.)

to play sound through Arduino UNO.

The easiest thing is to use regular [u]powered computer speakers[/u], which have a built-in amplifier.

rated at 4ohm 25W.

25 Watts is kind-of "big" for a tape recorder speaker... Are you sure it's not 0.25W? or 2.5W? (It's not a problem, the power rating is the maximum and you don't have to feed it 25W.)

How about a LM386? it's easily available here.