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highlights-from-itps-2013-winter-show/">See what NYU's Tisch School of the
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fives.jpg?w=105&h=105&crop=1" class="attachment-featured-thumb wp-post-
image" alt="This thing is a giant chip! Not a disproportionate Dorito (nor even
a tremendous Tostito), but a giant integrated circuit, or IC. These little
"black boxes" combine dozens, hundreds, thousands, and upwards into
the kajillions of little discrete resistors and transistors in a single package
with inputs and outputs that respond in well-defined ways.
Learning to understand and use ICs is one of the earliest and most exciting
challenges when you're entering the field. And the classic 555 timer is
the chip that almost everybody cuts their teeth on. It's so useful, so
versatile, so robust, so reliable, so inexpensive and so widely available, that
it's pretty common for old-timers to get a bit nostalgic and/or sentimental
about it. Hence you see things like 555 benches, 555 footstools, 555 jewelry,
12. and other fandom-y projects that, considering we're ultimately talking
about a little black wedge of silicon and plastic, might be a bit confusing for
the uninitiated.
This thing works just like the familiar 555 timer chip, but instead of being
manufactured from a sliver of silicon wafer, it's manufactured by you, on
your benchtop, from a stack of discrete resistors and transistors soldered into
the black PCB body. When it's done, you can hook up wires to the finger-
friendly screw terminals and use it just like a monolithic 555 for projects,
demonstrations, or educational activities. Pay attention to what you're
doing, as you build, and by the time you're done you'll understand the
555 literally inside and out." /></div><div class="blurb"><h3><span
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Wonk, Ace, Pro, Babe, or Stud in Your Life</h3><p><small>By: <strong>Sean
Michael Ragan</strong></small></p><p>Even if your favorite solder jockey favors
a more reserved title like "hobbyist" or "enthusiast" (they do often tend
towards…</p></a></div>
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science/">
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science/" title="Blog from the Sea of Cortez: Useful Science?"><img
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In what ways can
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methods and techniques...
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Louis Pelissier
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Christmas wreath. He spelled out "Merry...
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insta-buy for me. They're a little snug over my prescription glasses, but I
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