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555 timer clock


Created on: 31-12-2018  By Gee
The very first part of Ben eater's 8 bit computer is the computer clock. This is made by using a 555 timer, some resisters, capacitors and an LED to show it working.
Each time the LED is on, it represents a clock cycle. This will eventually control the computer cycles in a similar way to how an oscillator works on other computers.
I had another look at the video on YouTube that Ben made and followed it the best I could with the parts that I had.
I used a 220ohm resister instead of a 1kohm and tried various different capacitors for the clock speed.
At first the LED just stayed on and I wasn't sure why. I'm still not sure what caused it, but I fixed it by wiggling a few of the components and wires around.
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