It is a pretty common first project to use an Arduino (or similar) to blink an LED. Which, of course, brings taunts of: you could have used a 555! You can, of course, also use any sort of ...

Until now. [ZHut] managed to bring these two worlds together by presenting how to make an Arduino blink an LED in conjunction with a 555 timer. We know, we know. It is hard to decide how to ...

For your first project, start small using one of the built-in examples in the Arduino IDE. The most beginner-friendly sketch here is the "Blink," which simply makes an LED blink. You won't need to ...