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Integrated circuit used for timer applications
The 555 timer IC is an integrated circuit used in a variety of timer, delay, pulse generation, and oscillator applications. It is one of the most popular timing ICs due to its flexibility and price. Derivatives provide two or four timing circuits in one package. The design was first marketed in 1972 by Signetics and used bipolar junction transistors. Since then, numerous companies have made the original timers and later similar low-power CMOS timers. In 2017, it was said that over a billion 555 timers are produced annually by some estimates, and that the design was "probably the most popular integrated circuit ever made". Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: 555 timer ICA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Measurement and Simulation of the Magnetic Fields from a 555 Timer Integrated Circuit Using a Quantum Diamond Microscope and Finite-Element AnalysisInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Practical Electronics for InventorsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: 555-Timer and Comparators Operational at 500 °CCited 16 times
- Go sideways: MultivibratorA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
555-Timer and Comparators Operational at 500 °C
Design and Implementation of Astable Multivibrator using 555 Timer
The characteristics and use of the 555 timer
Design and analysis nomograms for pulse-width and frequency modulation using the 555 Timer
A 555 Timer IC Chaotic Circuit: Chaos in a Piecewise Linear System With Stable but No Unstable Equilibria
Four quadrant analogue divider employing 555 timer device
Redesigning the old 555 [timer circuit]
The big time: build a giant version of the 555 Timer IC [Resources_Hands On]
🆕 Influential since 2022
Measurement and Simulation of the Magnetic Fields from a 555 Timer Integrated Circuit Using a Quantum Diamond Microscope and Finite-Element Analysis
ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM FOOT STEPS WITH 555 TIMER IC
Portable rain water detecting alarm using ic 555 timer
Perancangan Rangkaian Running Led Menggunakan IC Timer 555 dan IC Counter 4017
Motor Speed Control Using IC Timer 555 Based on Proteus Software Simulation
📚 Books worth reading
Practical Electronics for InventorsPaul Scherz · 2000
TCP/IP IllustratedW. Richard Stevens, Kevin R. Fall · 1993
555 timer applications sourcebook, with experimentsHoward M. Berlin · 1976- 📕IC 555 PROJECTSE. A. Parr · 1981
Timer, op amp and optoelectronic circuits & projectsForrest M. Mims · 2000
Practical electronics for inventorsPaul Scherz · 2013
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