Mastering Digital Electronics: An Ultimate Guide to Logic Circuits and Advanced Circuitry

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H. H. WardMastering Digital ElectronicsMaker Innovations Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9878-7_10

10. Introduction to the 555 Timer

Hubert Henry Ward¹  

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Leigh, UK

 

In this chapter we will study the 555 timer. We will learn what it is and how it works. We will then learn how to configure it to operate in a variety of formats.

In Chapter 9 we looked at creating a timer that would time up to ten seconds. In that circuit we used a 1Hz signal source that is available from TINA. However, we need to create our own 1Hz signal source, and we will look at using the 555 timer to do that.

The 555 Timer

This is an integrated circuit, or IC, which can be used as ...