All items tagged with Timer and Time (105)

1-09-2016 | This article is a pointer to the full story Elektor Members can find in the Labs section of the Elektor Magazine website. While we have spac...

1-11-2015 | The first part of this series introduced the basics of programming in Assembler and the hardware fundamentals of the PIC controller used. Pa...

1-05-2015 | Accurate timing is very important in the digital world. For that reason we turn in this installment of our course to the SAM D20’s timers, i...

1-09-2014 | One of the longest chapters in the ATmega328 data sheet is the one that describes its three timers. The timers can be used in so many differ...

1-05-2014 | A timer circuit that turns on a pump for a short time every five minutes can be easily made using the famous 555 IC. Unfortunately, it's alm...

1-01-2014 | The celebrated ‘555’ IC was originally developed as a timer device, but over the years this golden oldie has been used in all sorts of other...

10-12-2013 | Circuits consume energy when they switch state, clocks and counters are therefore quite costly in terms of battery life for mobile applicati...

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...

1-01-2013 | The timer presented here is designed to look like and mimic a classic sandglass and should need zero explaining to your kids, the operation...

25-07-2012 | The timer presented here is designed to look like and mimic a classic sandglass and should need zero explaining to your kids, the operation...