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description abstract = Building blinking lights with a 555 timer.
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====== Blinkenlighten ======

Building blinking lights with a 555 timer.

===== Purpose =====

These blinking lights will blind our enemies, or at the very least, confuse them into disco dancing.
===== Kit =====

Each kit costs $15, and you get:
  *1x555 Timer
  *1x3mm Green LED
  *2x100Ohm Resistor
  *2x220Ohm Resistor
  *2x1k Ohm Resistor
  *1xNPN Transistor
  *1x800 Pin Breadboard
  *2xAlligator Clip wires
  *1xOpen Push Button Switch
  *1xSmall Paddle Switch 
  *1xMabuchi Motor 

These parts are all reusable, since we won't be soldering anything!

===== Parts List =====

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^ Product ^Description ^ Price ^ Quantity ^ Total ^
| CABCM12 | 10 WIRE- 5 COLOR BOOTED ALLIGATOR CLIPS | $2.62 | 3 | $7.86 |
| RES1039 | 100K Ohm Potentiometer | $0.79 | 12 | $9.48 |
| ICSTLC555 | TLC555 | $0.50 | 12 | $6.00 |
| LED1164 | Pure Green 3mm LED | $0.04 | 12 | $0.48 |
| CAP1018 | 220 uf/35V | $0.10 | 12 | $1.20 |
| RES1122 | 220 Ohms 1/4W 5% Pack of 200 | $2.95 | 1 | $2.95 |
| RES1117 | 100 Ohms 1/4W 5% Pack of 200 | $2.95 | 1 | $2.95 |
| RES1136 | 1k Ohm 1/4W 5% Pack of 200 | $2.95 | 1 | $2.95 |
| TRNPN2222A | PN2222A | $0.06 | 12 | $0.72 |
| SWT1002 | Open Push Button Switch | $0.33 | 12 | $3.96 |
| SWT1004 | Small Paddle Switch | $0.20 | 12 | $2.40 |
| MOT1055 | Mabuchi Motor | $1.19 | 12 | $14.28 |

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^ Product        ^Description              ^Price    ^Quantity  ^Total ^
|Breadboard      |Solderless Breadboards   |$4.20    | 12       |50.40 |
|Shipping                                                    ||||11.52 |
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