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The 555 timer, part of just about every beginner electronics project is now forever paper-ized as a giant origami sculpture. The PDF is included so you can make your own!
The 555 timer IC was first introduced around 1971 by the Signetics Corporation as the SE555/NE555 and was called "The IC Time Machine" and was also the very first and only commercial timer ic available. It provided circuit designers and hobby tinkerers with a relatively cheap, stable, and user-friendly integrated circuit for both monostable and astable applications.Like an acarid, this chip is widely present in our everyday life but rather invisible at the same time. This situation is a bit like contemporary origami design. Its influence has been very important in math, science, technology and architecture in last two decades but origami is still considered by most people as a game for children. It seems to me logical to represent a Timer 555 in origami for these reasons.
Timer 555 origami | Ordigami - Link.
100% awesome.
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100 times as big, and 100 times as useless!
What makes this a 555 timer versus any other 8-pin chip?
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I'm calling BS here.
That is obviously an op-amp.
Seriously, that's some nice work.
You are obviously well grounded!
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Fantastic, though it looks more like a 741 to me :-)
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