Chris Gammell from the blog The amp hour and Analog Life is running a 555 timer IC design contest.EDN’s Mike Demler wrote it up on his blog yesterday.So Mike or Chris asked me to do a mention on ...

555 timer IC design contest– no strings Learn more about the 555 timer IC design contest. AM radio made with a 555 timer IC When my buddy told me he was using a 555 timer IC to make an AM radio, I ...

Please pay Maxim whatever they ask rather than think you can cheap-out with a 555 timer. 2. Maxim s DS1233 power-on-reset chip comes in a tiny TO-92 package, as well as a tiny surface-mount SOT ...

The 555 timer does “one thing” — compares a voltage to a couple thresholds and outputs a signal accordingly. ... The Menorah555 is a simple design with some very nice tricks up its sleeve.

The 555 timer IC has been reinvented—again. Signetics introduced the enormously popular chip back in 1971, and it quickly became a big hit. Myriad application circuits have used it throughout ...

The 555 timer IC produces astable and monostable outputs, requiring waveform interpretation and basic calculations. ... Part of Design and Technology Electronic and microelectronic control systems.

He used a 555 timer that outputs a clock to the LEDs on the biz card, and placing a nine-volt battery on the terminals sets off the mini light show. See for yourself in the video below.

It’s back! The 555 timer contest wants to see you do something cool with the 555 timer chip. At stake is the adulation of electronics geeks everywhere. Three top winners will be awarded a $15… ...

The 555 timer IC is an integrated circuit (chip) which is used in a variety of timer, delay, pulse generation, and oscillator applications. 555 Signals and Pinout ... Design Requirements.