Awesome tips BR-549, thank you. I just found this topic which discusses (in some part of it) the similar Buzzer waveform issues that I was wondering about:The buzzer probably needs a different signal than the light does. The audio buzzer has what they call specifications. These specs tell you what the buzzer needs to work.
The 555 has specs too...called a data sheet. This tells you what you can put in and what you can get out of the device.
This is why all the details are important. It's more complicated than building blocks.
http://mrobinson.org/blog/tag/toroid.html
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