Feed the 555 output into a CD4026B. That will give you a 16 stage counter with 7segment output. Use the chip's 'carry out' to cascade further 4026 ICs if you require more than one 7segment display.
According to the manual, there is a control marked 'SWP.VAR' (marked 30 in the diagram that shows layout of controls) that allows the sweep to be made variable. Have you set it correctly?.
Behind each of the four fans you could put a thermistor and wire them all in series. Feed them through a current limiting resistor from a voltage source. Power will be dissipated in them and they would normally get warm, but the fans will keep them cool.
Monitor the voltage across the...
Anyone wanting to build a variable power supply, without all the problems of series regulation, would do well to take this Switch Mode route.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-your-own-Variable-Lab-Bench-Power-Supply/
Are you saying that the driver should be prevented from adjusting his seat when driving?
Simple, - shackle the adjustment bar with a padlock!
But surely, this question does not belong on an electronics forum?
QUOTE "i'm asking as i've been working on a design that to my understanding should've worked. i have a generic NPN restoring the supply voltage and feeding it's emitter output to a 2N2222 parallel to a charging capacitor for a delayed avalanche. somehow the avalanching only works when i swap the...
If you are using the transistor as a switch, it makes no difference provided you can apply enough base bias to get the transistor into its saturated state.