Flasing LED using 555 Timer IC [555 IC]

What this project does? Flashes an LED using the 555 timer IC. Materials Required: 1. 1 KΩ resistors - 2 nos 2. 470 KΩ resistor - 1 nos 3. Jumpers 4. 1 µF capacitor (electrolytic/ceramic) - 1 nos 5. Bipolar 555 timer IC 6. Breadboard 7. LED - 1 nos 8. 9V battery Procedure: Hardware part: 1....

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Touch switch using 555 timer IC [555 IC]

What this project does? Detects the stray electrostatic voltages using a 555 timer IC. The IC is used in a monostable mode and detects small charges present on your finger. Thus the led turns on when a touch is detected on the metal plate. Materials Required: 1. 10uF capacitor 2. 10 nf capacitor 3....

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Something really important!

Hey all my lovely readers! Just wanted to ask you something important. Are you interested in more and more projects, cool circuits and amazing tinkers!? If yes, please comment below so that I can be sure to add more and more content for you guys. I am asking this because I've seen a lot of people taking interest in the things I do and write on this site. Many people have reached out to me asking...

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Firmata Protocol for Arduino in under 4 mins!

Don't know Objective C? Finding it difficult to code in Arduino? Wouldn't it be awesome if you could directly code in python for your arduino? Yup, it's possible and now you'll learn how. What this project does? Use python language to program arduino. Procedure: This can be best understood by the following video: Code: Firmata Software: http://www.firmata.org/wiki/Main_Page...

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Windows Remote Arduino - Turn on/off an LED

What this project does? Teaches you to remotely turn on/off an LED using your Windows phone. Materials Required: 1. An HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Ping Sensor 2. Arduino 3. Jumpers 4. BlueSMiRF module 5. 330Ω resistor. 6. Breadboard 7. and of course, a PC with Arduino IDE installed! Procedure: Full...

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