The 555 timer has been a popular choice in electronics for a long time due to its versatility and wide range of applications. It can be used as a timer, oscillator, frequency divider, frequency ...

This 5-color LED flasher circuit can be built using the popular 555 timer and 4017 decade counter ICs. It does not require any expensive components like a microcontroller. The timer IC is used as an ...

The 555 Timers Madness Competition has been launched by element14, an Avnet community, in honor of the release of the first 555 timer IC (555 oscillator). Members of the element14 Community can ...

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Sometimes the best inspiration is limitation. The 555 timer does “one thing” — compares a voltage to a couple thresholds and outputs a signal accordingly. It’s two comparators, a voltage ladder, and a ...

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 (8 pin DIP) Figure below shows the ...

After [Casey Connor] captured and relocated a number of unwanted rodents in his home using commercially available live traps, he was presented with a problem: a rat had learned to avoid them. In an ...

In this tutorial we are going to build a Heart shaped serial LED flasher circuit using 555 timer IC and 4017 IC. It is an interesting DIY which you can build for yourself or gift someone special to ...