Content tagged with 555 timer

Today I will teach you how to read datasheets, how to go from schematics to a real circuit, and how to find more information about your parts using Google.

1. Let's say that you want to make something blink regularly. I already know that I would use a 555 timer (an integrated circuit whose job it is to do just that!) or a microcontroller (and program it to blink). If I didn't know any of that, I would search google with: blink LED circuit. You might try replacing "circuit" with "schematic" or "tutorial" or something like that. It takes a little bit of effort to find something good. But that second result has a pretty easy looking picture!