"Count Your Blinkings" Workshop Parts at a Glance          

      Half Day               

Quantity    Description            

1     9 volt battery               

1     9 volt battery snap                

1     LED              

1     10uF capacitor               

1     100uF capacitor              

3     10 K Ohm resistor            

1     Red wire               

1     Black wire             

1     Different color wire               

1     555 timer IC                 

1     small breadboard             

                       

                       

      Full Day               

Quantity    Description            

1     9 volt battery               

1     9 volt battery snap                

4     LEDs             

2     10uF capacitors              

1     100 uF capacitor             

6     10 K Ohm resistors                 

1     250 Ohm resistor             

1     555 timer IC                 

1     74HC393 binary counter IC                

1     large breadboard            

2     Red wires              

10    Black wires            

5     Yellow or choice of color wires                

5     Blue or choice of color wires            

1     5.1 Volt Zener diode               

                       

                       

Parts:                       

Item  Description Manufacturer      Part Number URL

1     9 volt battery    Duracell   purchase from Costco    www.costco.com

2     9 volt battery snap     Keystone heavy duty     DigiKey P/N 232K-ND     www.digikey.com

3     10uF/16 volt electrolytic capacitor Panasonic   DigiKey P/N P5134-ND   

4     100uF/16 volt electrolytic capacitor      Nichicon    DigiKey P/N 493-1040-ND

5     10K Ohm carbon resistor CMF Industrial    DigiKey P/N CMF10.0KHE-ND    

6     250 Ohm metal film resistor   Vishay Dale DigiKey P/N 250HQ-ND   

7     555 timer IC      Texas Instruments LM555P      DigiKey P/N 296-1411-5-ND    

8     Binary counter    Texas Instruments SN74HC393   DigiKey P/N568-7825-5-ND     

9     5.1 volt Zener diode 0.5 watt Fairchild 1N5231C DigiKey P/N 1N5231CFS-ND     

10    5.1 volt Zener diode 1 Watt   Fairchild 1n4733A DigiKey P/N 1N4733AFS-ND     

11    small breadboard 400 tie points     CTI-Texas   CTI P/N EIC-801   http://www.cti-texas.com/protoboards.html

12    larger breadboard 830 tie points    CTI-Texas   CTI P/N EIC-102  

13    Red wire 22 AWG 100 ft. Jameco Electronics      Jameco P/N 36856      www.jamecoelectronics.com

14    Black wire 22 AWG 100 ft.     Jameco Electronics      Jameco P/N 36792 

15    Yellow wire 22 AWG 100 ft.    Jameco Electronics      Jameco P/N 36920 

16    Blue wire 22 AWG 100 ft.      Jameco Electronics      Jameco P/N 36768 

17    White wire 22 AWG 100 ft.     Jameco Electronics      Jameco P/N 36881 

18    6 assorted colors wire 22 AWG 25 ft.      Jameco Electronics      Jameco P/N 2153705     

 

Notes:

Alternate parts sources.  The electronic parts, such as resistors, diodes

And integrated circuits can also be purchased from

www.mouserelectronics.com

Mouser Electronics.

 

Breadboards can also be purchased from

www.mpja.com

Marlin P. Jones Association, Inc.

I purchased an additional  clear breadboard for use as “show and tell”

when describing to the students h

ow the board works.