Next, they showed me a dog-eared 555 spec sheet and recommended that I use it. My mind wandered to something I heard that the late Bob Pease, analog design guru, said: his favorite circuit to use a ...

Reliable 555 timer doesn’t falsely trigger Powering the timer from a NOR gate keeps it unpowered until needed. Power an LED driver using off-the-shelf components Drive LEDs with a 555 timer and two ...

The bipolar NE555 timer IC is widely used in inductorless dc-dc converters, most frequently in doubling and inverting converters. However, another very popular IC, the LM386 audio amplifier, may ...

If you’re not familiar with the 555 timer, suffice it to say that this versatile integrated circuit is probably the most successful ever designed, and has been used in countless designs, many… ...

The history of the 555 timer. ... 51 years young — the 555 timer IC is still worth using. Read more articles in Electronic Design's 70th Anniversary series. About the Author .