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Modulate tone of old mechanical buzzer

You can model the buzzer as a loudspeaker that really, really wants to vibrate at one single frequency, by design. That is, it is a self-excited oscillator with a tightly-defined resonance. You can ...
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Modulate tone of old mechanical buzzer

The buzzer is electro-mechanical. When powered up the coil is energised and that magnetises the steel core forming an electro-magnet. The electromagnet pulls in the brown disk in the photo. There ...
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Is there some physical limitation that causes all induction cooktops to be just one coil?

I think methods to improve the even distribution of heat will definitely be developed even at the cost of complexity and engineering challenges; however multiple coils might not be the easiest way to ...
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