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555 TIMER: The 555 Timer Is An Integrated Circuit (Chip) Implementing A Variety of Timer and

The 555 timer is an integrated circuit that can produce accurate time delays or oscillations. It has applications as both a monostable multivibrator and astable multivibrator. In monostable mode, it produces accurate time delays from microseconds to hours, while in astable mode it produces a continuous series of pulses. Common uses include timers, oscillators, and pulse generation circuits.

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555 TIMER: The 555 Timer Is An Integrated Circuit (Chip) Implementing A Variety of Timer and

The 555 timer is an integrated circuit that can produce accurate time delays or oscillations. It has applications as both a monostable multivibrator and astable multivibrator. In monostable mode, it produces accurate time delays from microseconds to hours, while in astable mode it produces a continuous series of pulses. Common uses include timers, oscillators, and pulse generation circuits.

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555 TIMER

Introduction The 555 timer is an integrated circuit (chip) implementing a variety of timer and multivibrator applications. It was produced by Signetics Corporation in early 1970. The original name was the SE555/NE555 and was called "The IC Time Machine". The 555 gets its name from the three 5-K resistors used in typical early implementations. It is widely used because of its ease to use, low price and reliability. It is one of the most popular and versatile integrated circuits which can be used to build lots of different circuits. It includes 23 transistors, 2 diodes and 16 resistors on a silicon chip installed in an 8-pin mini dual-in-line package (DIP-8)(Refer to Figure 1). The 555 Timer is a monolithic timing circuit that can produce accurate and highly stable time delays or oscillations. The timer basically operates in one of the two modesmonostable (one-shot) multivibrator or as an astable (free-running) multivibrator. In the monostable mode, it can produce accurate time delays from microseconds to hours. In the astable mode, it can produce rectangular waves with a variable duty cycle. Frequently, the 555 is used in astable mode to generate a continuous series of pulses, but you can also use the 555 to make a one-shot or monostable circuit. The 555 can source or sink 200 mA of output current, and is capable of driving wide range of output devices. The output can drive TTL (Transistor-Transistor Logic) and has a temperature stability of 50 parts per million (ppm) per degree Celsius change in temperature, or equivalently 0.005 %/C. Applications of 555 timer in monostable mode include timers, missing pulse detection, bounce free switches, touch switches, frequency divider, capacitance measurement, pulse width modulation (PWM) etc. In astable or free running mode, the 555 can operate as an oscillator. The uses include LED and lamp flashers, logic clocks, security alarms, pulse generation, tone generation, pulse position modulation, etc. In the bistable mode, the 555 can operate as a flip-flop and is used to make bounce-free latched switches, etc. Refer to Figure 1 for the brief description of the pin connections. The pin numbers used refer to the 8-pin mini DIP and 8-pin metal can packages. The 555 can be

used with a supply voltage (VCC) in the range 4.5 to 15V (18V absolute maximum).

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