555 LED Flasher









Here is how to assemble a flashing led on a breadboard. This is a good thing for getting used to breadboards and assembling circuits and all that stuff.
You will need the following parts:

Breadboard
9V battery
9V battery clip
LM555
Jumper wire
Two 1KOhm resistors
One 58KOhm resistor
10uF 16V capacitor
LED




---=Let the chaos begin =---









01)
Find some space for your breadboard. Put it horizontally with the red stripe (if you have one) at the top. (unlike this picture)



This is the circuit were gonna build









02)

Insert the LM555 with pin 1 to the right. Pin 1 is the pin with the dot beside it.









03)

Insert wire from pin 1 to ground.










04)

Insert wire from pin 8 to positive










05)

Insert wire from pin 2 to pin 6.










06)

Insert wire from pin 4 to pin 8.










07)

Insert a 1k resistor between pins 7 and 8, this is a 20 ohm resistor, oops...










08)

Insert a 68K resistor between pins 6 and 7.










09)

Insert the 10uF capacitor between pins 1 and 2, make sure the - side is on pin 1.










10)

Insert a 1K resistor from pin3 rightwards, this one is 470 ohms, oops...










11)

Insert the LED with the negitive side on the resistor.



You can usually tell the polarity by what I call 'Anvil' (negitive side, 'cathode') and 'Post' (positive side, 'anode'), in this pic, you can see the anvil on the left and the post on the right.










12)

Insert wire from the anode of the led to positive.










13)

Insert the LM555 with pin 1 to the right. Pin 1 is the pin with the dot beside it.

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14)

Insert the LM555 with pin 1 to the right. Pin 1 is the pin with the dot beside it.

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15)

Insert the LM555 with pin 1 to the right. Pin 1 is the pin with the dot beside it.

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16)

Insert the LM555 with pin 1 to the right. Pin 1 is the pin with the dot beside it.

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17)

Insert the LM555 with pin 1 to the right. Pin 1 is the pin with the dot beside it.

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