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02/25/2022
Build this alarming project two ways — from bare components and from a Pico microcontroller.
03/27/2018
Adafruit just published a great guide on getting to know the 555 timer to help people fully understand how a...
12/08/2017
Chain three 555s together to create a gadget that will allow you to impose a time limit in games like...
06/01/2015
Learn to shape sound waves with timer chips to create your own digital sampling system emulator.
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...
01/10/2014
Mark Frauenfelder teaches a crowd at Engadget Expand how to build a basic circuit. Using a 555 timer, breadboard, and...
08/28/2013
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories and Eric Schlaepfer have developed a kit that builds a working 555 built out of discrete,...
12/18/2012
In this article, you will learn how to improve your collection of Snap Circuits blocks by adding a 555 Timer...
12/18/2012
In this project, you’ll learn how to solder together a battery-powered, 555 Timer-driven blinky toy.
12/18/2012
With an estimated one billion 555 timers manufactured annually, you know this component must be versatile! We’re going to learn...
12/18/2012
This project uses a simple 555 timer chip and a feedback loop to control a servo-controlled wooden arm. Whenever an...
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...
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...
08/23/2012
To mark the passing of Hans R. Camenzind (designer of the 555 timer chip), MAKE reader Jim Frize freeformed this...
08/22/2012
To mark the recent passing of Hans Camenzind, we are running a 555 mini-retrospective this week. Last year Jeri Ellsworth...
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...
06/28/2012
Our latest project uses an array of parts to build three separate breadboard projects. Follow along as we put Projects...
10/26/2011
In her latest Intersil "Academy of Analog Pinball Wizardry" video, Jeri Ellsworth replaces an HC55564 Continuous Variable Slope Delta (CVSD)...
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...
07/11/2011
Flickr user ju4nic added this cool flower to the MAKE Flickr pool. According to ju4nic, it includes two 555s build...
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