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COVID-19 | SAO Simple Add-on

A simple 555 timer that blinks the test result strip

thought of this gimmick to have as a give-away for internet friends at the supercon 2022

COVID-19 | SAO Simple Add-on | #37C3 - Congress

2023-12-26 00:00:55

First off all, I am very sorry for giving you a bag with freely flying resistors in it and that you have to read the value in the darkness of Congress! In parts this is @Alex 's fault, he once gave me bags of 0805 resistors and I recycled them in this projects, as I only want to use 0603 parts most of the time.

Anywho, there might be a 330k resistor in there instead of a 390k resistor, so according to this fine website, it should blink 3 times per second, instead of 2 times.

https://www.digikey.de/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-555-timer


Here's the parts list:


The 555 timer has a chamfer to indicate the side of the first pin.


Btw checkout Berlin's very fine sewage report:

https://data.lageso.de/lageso/corona/corona.html#abwasser

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COVID-19 | SAO Simple Add-on | back of latest edition

2022-12-30 15:01:21

The 555 timer has a chamfer to indicate the side of thr first pin.


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