More about 555 (49)

1-01-2014 | The celebrated ‘555’ IC was originally developed as a timer device, but over the years this golden oldie has been used in all sorts of other...

10-12-2013 | Last month one of the unsung heroes of electronics has passed away. Hans Camenzind, father of one of the most famous integrated circuit of a...

13-05-2013 | The new LPC810 from NXP is an ARM Cortex-M0+ based microcontroller in an 8-pin DIP package. It is also very cheap, although not as cheap as...

8-03-2013 | With this project, I like to build a small class D amplifier based on a 555 timer IC. I also like to use only “common” components, so this p...

8-03-2013 | With this project, I like to build a small class D amplifier based on a 555 timer IC. I also like to use only “common” components, so this p...

19-01-2013 | Ever heard of 1GΩ resistors? The 555 timer here has a duration time of about 270s; by using a high resistance value of 1GΩ, no electrolytic...

19-01-2013 | Ever heard of 1GΩ resistors? The 555 timer here has a duration time of about 270s; by using a high resistance value of 1GΩ, no electrolytic...

1-07-2012 | In many circuits we need to generate an internal adjustable voltage. This circuit shows how it is possible to use a trusty old NE555 timer I...

12-06-2012 |  Behind every great circuit there's a great PCBV1.4 is coming soonThis updated version adds:

1-01-2011 | The chip with three fives in its type code sure is among the biggest selling ICs of all times, but from today’s perspective, the internal bl...