I am not into electronics, but my son is. So I bought this book for him. Turns out, he really liked it, and I found all the parts he needed to complete each project. I helped (as best I could) with each of them. We especially liked the traffic light controller. We had fun and learned a lot. It's hard to find an electronics books on ICs for beginners. I'm glad I found this one.
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The Pragmatic Programmers publishes hands-on, practical books on classic and cutting-edge software development and engineering management topics. We help professionals solve real-world problems, hone their skills, and advance their careers.
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From the Preface
Who should read this book?
From beginner to novice to expert, everyone can benefit from knowing how to use 555 Timers to solve design problems. In just a few minutes, you’ll build your first project and see what the 555 can do. By the time you finish the book, you’ll be able to build interesting and useful 555 Timer circuits.
If you’re a novice, already familiar with circuit building, this book gives you new tools, tricks and designs to lead you further down the road of your journey.
If you are a bit of an expert already, this book undoubtedly adds something new to your catalog of useful techniques.
Using the chip is fun, informative and insightful. Knowing the foundational use of the timer IC goes a long way in developing products, projects or fun toys.
What’s in this book?
This book is a collection of projects, through which every aspect of the 555 Timer IC is touched upon. The gradual cascading of complexity in each project further expands on the reader’s knowledge of and use of the 555 Timer.
How to read this book.
Feel free to skip around. Each chapter is a self-contained project. Although building the projects in order increases complexity as it goes on, in the way of easing into different features of the 555 Timer, but it isn’t mandatory to do so.
The basic concepts cascade through the projects like this:
- Turning on a single LED for a specific amount of time.
- Flashing LEDs, opposing each other. Creating a chasing effect on a string of LEDs.
- Using timing to create a traffic light system.
- Making a controllable dimmer circuit.
- Creating a silent alarm system or storing a single bit of memory.
- Creating a sound synthesizer and beyond.
