For decades, I’ve had a fascination with voltage-to-frequency converters and the 555 analog timer chip, and therefore a double obsession with VFCs based on the 555. In fact, my first Design Ideas (DI) ...

Do you feel like you’re being stalked by the number 555? Are you seeing it on clocks or addresses or license plates? Your coffee order always $5.55? If you’re freaking out, do not worry—I am here to ...

The humble NE555 has been around for over five decades now, and while during that time we’ve seen a succession of better and faster versions of the original, the circuits which surround it are pretty ...

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It is a running gag around here that whenever a project posts, someone will inevitably point out that it could have been done with a 555 timer IC. [Stephen Woodward] went the opposite way and built a ...

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