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mustafaali
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555 Timer

11/22/2011 12:05 PM

Hello!

Can any one tell me how 555 timer with LED function please??
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11/22/2011 3:04 PM

They function very well together. As usual you should use a current limiting resistor in series with the LED for most applications.

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11/23/2011 7:16 AM

This has been blogged about before: http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/9863/Electronic-Project-I-Part-2-555-Timer-with-an-LED

It also has a step-by-step video: http://www.youtube.com/user/CR4news#p/a/u/1/P4_LS2QgQNU
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