The simplest possible circuit to generate a sound... (beginner)

[Andrew Schrock]

On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, walter carpenter wrote:

> >       For the beginning I would like to ask you:
> >       What is the simplest circuit that would generate a sound (any
> >       sound - saw, square, sine... doesn't matter)? Could someone
> >       please show me schematics of such circuit?
> >
> 
> i once saw an extremely easy to build oscillator that ran off of a 555 chip. 
> it only had like 7 parts, and you could control the volume and pitch. it 
> made a really strange waveform though, kind of like a saw. i dont have a 
> copy of the schematics, but im sure you could find it on one of the many 
> electronic project pages.

Or on the 555's data sheet :) 

Andrew

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