I'm still in the 'prototype' stage of building a PIC based alarm system
(nothing too grand, using the 16C84) and I toggle one output pin to create
the sound tones which (for now) feed a piezo buzzer (I guess standard stuff
so far).
The volume isn't great (and I don't want to drive it in 'bridge' mode), hence
I need some amplification which will feed a reasonable-sized speaker
(not quite mega-loud, but an 8ohm 8watt speaker which is kicking around in
my workshop). I've had a quick trawl through old Electronics magazines and
it looks like using a TDA2030 device might be my best bet.
Can I solicit any ideas/opinions on my plan please?

Whilst this solution will do for now (like, bigger problems to tackle
first), ultimately I would like to investigate producing 'gentle' (for lack
of a better word!) 'chime' sounds rather than pushing a square wave through
an amp. Anyone done this already?

Thanks in Advance

Mungo Henning