Piezo buzzers have a resonant frequency they’re strongest at. Two-pin piezo disks need driving at the desired frequency. Three-pin provide a phase-shifted feedback to the driving transistor to keep oscillating at the resonant frequency. Some include that whole circuit inside their housing so they have just 2 pins but those are for DC power, only the volume can be somewhat adjusted by changing the input voltage.
Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
The only ones I’ve ever used myself area is the DC variety. Apply power: beeeeep; stop applying power: <sound stops>
I don’t know why idea are more commonly used in consumer electronics.