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06/29/2011
Our friends Lenore and Windell of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, have cooked up a scale model of a 555 chip...
04/21/2011
Jeri and Chris of the 555 contest have announced the results: Artistic Randy Elwin — Le Domineux Sergio Gonzalez —...
03/04/2011
Really impressed by the turnout for the 555 Contest… something like 238 entries! The above videos show three of the...
03/02/2011
As an entry to the 555 contest, Flickr member eschlaep has put together a beautiful AM radio: The 555 timer...
02/17/2011
For those of you interested in submitting a 555-based project to the contest, I hope you get a lot of...
02/07/2011
If you’re considering NOT entering the 555 contest, be sure to peep their list of prizes before you make that...
01/23/2011
The 555 contest was conceived by Jeri Ellsworth and Chris Gammell in a conversation on Twitter, and now it’s going...
12/21/2009
Here is another how-to from Jeff, this time he describes using a 555 timer as an external clock for the...
11/14/2009
The 555 Man By Charles Platt While fact-checking Make: Electronics, I realized I didn’t have permission to publish a photograph...
05/20/2009
This member of the MAKE Flickr pool added a 555 light-flashing circuit (from Charles Platt’s “The Biggest Little Chip” piece...
03/17/2009
The 555 Noisemusick Kit from the Maker Shed is an fun way to learn more about one the most popular...
12/16/2008
Youtuber sycmuzak posted this demo/explanation of his breadboarded sound circuit – My homemade 555 timer synthesizer. I made it in...
05/21/2008
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool For InterAccess’ “555 Timer Night” at Open Studio, they made this 555 IC cake,...
03/25/2008
Brian writes in… Recently, I wanted to network my media center in the living room of my apartment. I was...
02/12/2008
Finkbuilt has very detailed instructions on building a one-shot 555 timer. The article is full of diagrams and pictures of...
01/23/2008
Another 555 project today: Matt made this simple mod to the 555 circuit in Make Volume 10 to create a...
01/23/2008
Rob writes – Canon makes a SLR camera remote timer that sells for a couple hundred dollars. Using inspiration from...
07/31/2007
Brandon adds a LM555 and some LEDs to his toddler’s glow-in-the-dark headboard. Now his son has a beautiful night light...
07/11/2007
Every wirehead knows about breadboards, prototyping board, circuit design software, and other tools for circuit designing, but what about Lifesavers,...
05/31/2007
Dave writes in – I wanted to see how few parts I could use, from what I had on hand,...
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