Howdy, my favorite company in beautiful Sunnyvale, Evil Mad Scientist (run by the wonderful Lenore & Windell), released a most excellent kit this summer:
“Three Fives” Discrete 555 Timer Kit
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2013/555-kit/
We’re pleased to announce our newest kit, the “Three Fives” Kit, a kit to build your own 555 timer circuit out of discrete components. Here’s a way to re-create one of the most classic, popular, and all-around useful chips of all time.
The kit is a faithful and functional transistor-scale replica of the classic NE555 timer integrated circuit, one of the most classic, popular, and all-around useful chips of all time. The kit was designed and developed as a collaboration with Eric Schlaepfer, based on a previous version (pictured here), and adapted from the equivalent schematic in theoriginal datasheets for the device. There have been a few other examples of circuits like these (such as the one that we featured in our article about the 555 contest), but we really like how this one has come together.
I'm sure there's some 555 lovers here on Community, so....
I'm going to give one for free to a lucky Community member (sorry, no minors, you must be 18 years of age or older):
- Reply to this post with a short description of why you are interested (1 to 2 sentences is fine)
- I'll will pick a winner at random on Wednesday, October 23th, at 5pm US CDT.
Note: I'm located in Chicago and will ship it for free to the winner using the lowest cost option available. If the winner is located outside the US, then the winner will be responsible for paying any customs fees or duty that may apply. I will list the value as $35 USD.
Cheers,
Drew
