Almost every micro-based project that I have designed in the past 25 years has had a flashing LED, originally as a “health” indicator, but the feature has expanded to use as a status indicator where ...

A LED flashing briefly once every 5 seconds to imitate the indicator of a real alarm is the function of this dummy alarm project with the use of a 7555 timer IC. To prolong battery life, the circuit ...

Flash driver IC supports 5-megapixel camera applications in cellular handsets The MAX8834 is a 1.5A white-LED (WLED) flash driver IC in a tiny, 5mm2 wafer-level package (WLP). This device integrates ...

If you want to take a picture of something fast, and we mean really fast, you need to have a suitably rapid flash to illuminate it. A standard camera flash might be good enough to help capture kids ...

You know how it is. You’ve got that new project running, and while it doesn’t consume much power, it also doesn’t give much indication of whether it’s functioning or just sitting there with a dead ...