One of [NE555]’s boards from the 90s. Over on twitter [NE555] has been posting beautiful SMD prototypes. Back in the 90s when surface mount components gained widespread adoption, the quick and ...

Choosing between two widely available, multisourced ICs for the core of an inductorless dc-dc converter—the NE555 timer and the LM386 audio amplifier—requires a look at their key ...

Despite its popularity, I had never used an NE555. For doing some recent experiments, I purchased several. I mainly foresaw the need for an oscillator here and there, and this looked like an easy way ...

Maybe the most surprising thing about this project is the purpose to which the NE555 devices are pressed. Rather than using them for their famous oscillation properties, they are in actual fact ...