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Build This Intruder Alarm Two Ways: Using 555 Timers or a Raspberry Pi

02/25/2022

Build this alarming project two ways — from bare components and from a Pico microcontroller.

Get Familiar with the 555 Timer

03/27/2018

Adafruit just published a great guide on getting to know the 555 timer to help people fully understand how a...

The Biggest Little Chip: An Intro to the Versatile 555 Timer

12/08/2017

Chain three 555s together to create a gadget that will allow you to impose a time limit in games like...

Create Custom Sound Waveforms with 555 Timers

06/01/2015

Learn to shape sound waves with timer chips to create your own digital sampling system emulator.

Sit on This, Geeks: Giant 555 Timer

02/06/2015

The 555-timer integrated circuit is one of the most famous and popular chips ever invented. Created in 1971, it’s got...

Building a Basic 555 Timer Circuit with Mark Frauenfelder

01/10/2014

Mark Frauenfelder teaches a crowd at Engadget Expand how to build a basic circuit. Using a 555 timer, breadboard, and...

Building a Transistor-Scale 555

08/28/2013

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories and Eric Schlaepfer have developed a kit that builds a working 555 built out of discrete,...

Introduction to Electronics: The 555 Timer Integrated Circuit (IC)

12/18/2012

In this article, you will learn how to improve your collection of Snap Circuits blocks by adding a 555 Timer...

555 Timer Blinky

12/18/2012

In this project, you’ll learn how to solder together a battery-powered, 555 Timer-driven blinky toy.

Projects in Motion: Control Three Types of Motors with 555 Timers

12/18/2012

With an estimated one billion 555 timers manufactured annually, you know this component must be versatile! We’re going to learn...

555 Timer Ball Whacker

12/18/2012

This project uses a simple 555 timer chip and a feedback loop to control a servo-controlled wooden arm. Whenever an...

Adding Auto-Fire to a Computer Mouse (555 timer)

12/18/2012

Remember the auto-fire (turbo) button on old video game controllers? This project adds an auto-fire button to a mouse for...

555 Timer Weekend Projects

08/24/2012

The 555 timer IC has been used in many of our Weekend Projects, from beginner-friendly breadboard experiments to advanced weekend-long...

555 Memorial Circuit

08/23/2012

To mark the passing of Hans R. Camenzind (designer of the 555 timer chip), MAKE reader Jim Frize freeformed this...

555 Timer Contest Highlights

08/22/2012

To mark the recent passing of Hans Camenzind, we are running a 555 mini-retrospective this week. Last year Jeri Ellsworth...

Top 10: 555 Timers

08/21/2012

To mark the recent passing of Hans Camenzind, we are running a 555 mini-retrospective this week. Today I've rounded up...

Putting Projects in Motion with the 555 Timer IC

06/28/2012

Our latest project uses an array of parts to build three separate breadboard projects. Follow along as we put Projects...

Jeri Reverse Engineers an HC55564 Chip from an Old Pinball Machine

10/26/2011

In her latest Intersil "Academy of Analog Pinball Wizardry" video, Jeri Ellsworth replaces an HC55564 Continuous Variable Slope Delta (CVSD)...

An Intro to Cybernetics via the 555 Timer Ball Whacker

10/06/2011

As part of our Weekend Projects series of beginner-friendly electronics projects, the 555 Timer Ball Whacker proves that you don't...

Electronic Flower Made of Parts-Built 555s

07/11/2011

Flickr user ju4nic added this cool flower to the MAKE Flickr pool. According to ju4nic, it includes two 555s build...