555 Timer IC

Around 1 billion units of 555 Timer IC were manufactured every year as of 2003 according to Wikipedia, making it the most popular IC ever manufactured!

It is an eight pin, highly stable integrated circuit and can be used to generate accurate time delays, clock signals, pulses and many more such things.

Want to know more about such an awesome piece of IC?

The following posts will guide you through the working of 555 using its internal circuit and then the working of the IC in it's two most commonly used modes, namely, Astable mode and Monostable mode.

555 Timer IC | Introduction

555 Timer IC | Astable Mode

555 Timer IC | Monostable Mode

Hope you find these useful!

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