What’s in a name? David L. Jones of EEVBlog thinks he’s found an Easter egg in the performance characteristics of the 555 timer chip which reveals the basis of the “555” in its name. Build his circuit (schematic at video 13:25), fire up the scope and see if you agree!
Tag Archives: April 1st
Week in (p)review: April 01, 2011
Don’t forget to share your current project in the comments or the forum. This week our favorite project gets a free QFP protoboard. Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week: We released XC9572XL and XC2C64A (CoolRunner-II) CPLD development boards USB IR Toy v1 and Web platform v1.1 are back in stock at […]
Kinect self-awareness hack
Kinect self-awareness hack. Thanks NBitWonder! Via the contact form.