/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/555-you-ve-got-8-pins-and-one-shotBrilliant idea! The talented Jeri Ellsworth &amp; Chris Gammel have put together the ultimate 555 Contest. The inventor of the 555 timer chip, Hans Camenzind , will be judging along with Forrest Mims , famed author of the RadioShack mini-not...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/555-you-ve-got-8-pins-and-one-shotFri, 28 Jan 2011 19:09:02 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:e0c42b53-f8c9-40e2-b939-c0486b54b6a2e14 Contributor1<p>It&#39;s great to see a revival in hobby electronics that we&#39;ve seen lately. This is a really interesting project! I can only think of &quot;complex/extreme&quot; category entries at the moment (in other words, outrageously unnecessary <span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-e0c42b53-f8c9-40e2-b939-c0486b54b6a2/contentimage_5F00_938.png:16:16]</span>).</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=12401&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/555-you-ve-got-8-pins-and-one-shotFri, 28 Jan 2011 16:30:26 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:e0c42b53-f8c9-40e2-b939-c0486b54b6a2e14 Contributor1<p>This is really exciting!&nbsp; Sometimes it&#39;s great to bring things back to basics.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And wow, big names on the panel!</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=12401&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">