If you’re not familiar with the 555 timer, suffice it to say that this ... It can also be used in monostable (one-shot) mode, producing a fixed output pulse width in response to a low-going ...

And when we see such a project and find that it contains the One Chip To Rule Them All (otherwise known as the NE555 timer ... the 555 which we’d expect is wired as a monostable, this in ...