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Inexpensive programmable RGB LED driver/IC/solution?
My desire is to have a simple setup with a dial device (ideal would be a 3 click dial with 3 distinct settings but an analog dial would also be appropriate) whereby position 1 would display a color ...
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basic arduino question - do I need a 555 timer?
I have an Arduino (duemilanove) connected to a floppy disk drive and I can happily control the stepper motor using three pins on the ribbon cable to three digital pins of my Arduino (well 2 + the ...
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Why are 555 IC pin diagrams so random?
I was going to start learning how to use a 555 timer as an oscillator, however am greatly confused in the pin configurations example schematics provide me.
To show visually what I mean, A random ...
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can pins 3 and 11 on the 556 timer use the same capacitor to ground?
can the control voltage pins 3 and 11 on the 556 timer use the same capacitor to ground? I assume that I can double the capacity of the 0.01\$\mu\$ capacitor to 0.02\$\mu\$ and share the capacitor ...
