All items tagged with 555 and Elektor Labs (11)

13-03-2024 | Increase potentiometer frequency control span with a factor of 10 or more by wiring it up differently. This approach can also be used to ext...

26-12-2023 | Here is an update to a 555 Class D Power Amplifier project first presented about a decade ago. Read on to learn about some of the improvemen...

14-02-2018 | Driving a mains-powered load, be it inductive or resistive, invariably has to be done with care and attention to avoid dangerous situations....

16-05-2017 | I love time; the more I can have of it, the better. Unfortunately our time is limited, but running tasks in parallel feels as if we have mor...

4-08-2015 | This is a support page for the Elektor October 2015 article about the MLX90393 Triaxis Micropower Magnetometer from Melexis.Buy it here.

26-05-2015 | Some time ago the author was asked about options for making a Drum Light for the Carnival festivities. The contraption should light up brigh...

4-01-2015 | A friend asked me, how he could make a Drum Light for the coming carnival, which would light up, everytime he slams the drum and therefore g...

13-05-2013 | The new LPC810 from NXP is an ARM Cortex-M0+ based microcontroller in an 8-pin DIP package. It is also very cheap, although not as cheap as...

8-03-2013 | With this project, I like to build a small class D amplifier based on a 555 timer IC. I also like to use only “common” components, so this p...

19-01-2013 | Ever heard of 1GΩ resistors? The 555 timer here has a duration time of about 270s; by using a high resistance value of 1GΩ, no electrolytic...