Re: 555 timer

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Clearspring1-at-aol-dot-com>

A good tutorial site on 555 timers is to be found at 
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/gadgets/555.htm

Regards,

Michael Tandy

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Kidd6488-at-aol.
> com>
>  
>  Ok, I've heard a lot about these things, and they seem like an interesting
>  tool. I want to know more about them. First of all, where can I get one, 
and
>  how much do they cost? Second of all, how do they work, and how do you hook
>  them up? They have 8 pins, correct? or are only 8 used. Is it capacitance 
or
>  resistance the determines the timing? I hope to use these to have an 
> automatic
>  duty cycle. 
>