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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: BANE on December 06, 2007, 05:05:28 PM

Title: 555CN timer IC from radio shack????????????
Post by: BANE on December 06, 2007, 05:05:28 PM

Hey, does anybody know how to use a 555CN timer IC that I bought from Radio Shack to make a LED flash and the speed of it depend on a 10K potentiometer and using 5VDC power source? 

Any suggestions or schematics are greatly appreciated

Bane

Title: Re: 555CN timer IC from radio shack????????????
Post by: ed1380 on December 06, 2007, 05:47:24 PM

http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/555timer.htm

that website is great as a whole

Title: Re: 555CN timer IC from radio shack????????????
Post by: BANE on December 06, 2007, 06:00:14 PM

hey thanks alot!  I'm going to remember that websit!

bane

Title: Re: 555CN timer IC from radio shack????????????
Post by: Steve Joblin on December 06, 2007, 07:00:38 PM

Here is a great site all about the venerable '555'... http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/gadgets/555/555.html