[Quick update in the schematic below, also connect 4047 pin 14 to +5V]

The values for R2~R4 are 560 ohms, for the LEDs. R1 and the capacitor form an RC circuit, which controls the
oscillation frequency. How can we calculate the frequency? The data sheet tells us that time (period of time the
oscillator is high) is equal to 4.4 multiplied by the value of R1 and the capacitor. As the duty cycle is always
50%, we double this value, then divide the result into one. In other words:
And as the frequency from the OSC out pin is twice that of Q or Q, the formula for the OSC out frequency is:

However the most useful formula would allow you to work with the values of R and C to use for a desired
frequency f:

When calculating your values, remember that you need to work with whole units, such as Farads and Ohms- not
microfarads, mega-ohms, etc. This chart of SI prefixes may be useful for conversions.

The only thing to take note of is the tolerance of your resistor and capacitor. If you require a certain, exact
frequency try to use some low-tolerance capacitors, or replace the resistor with a trimpot of a value just over
your required resistor value. Then you can make adjustments and measure the result with a frequency
counter. For example, when using a value of 0.1uF for C and 15 k ohm for R, the theoretical frequency is
151.51 Hz; however in practice this resulted with a frequency of 144.78 Hz.

Dont forget that the duty cycle is not guaranteed to be 50% from the OSC out pin. This is shown in the
following demonstration video. We measure the frequency from all three output pins, then measure the duty
cycle from the same pins:

(The auto-ranging on that multimeter is somewhat annoying).

Now for some more more explanation about the 4047. You can activate the oscillations in two ways, via a high
signal into pin 5 (pin 4 must then be low) or via a low signal into pin 4 (and pin 5 must be low). Setting pin 9
high will reset the oscillator, so Q is low and Q is high.

The monostable mode is also simple to create and activate. I have not made a video clip of monstable operation,
as this would only comprise of staring at an LED. However, here is an example circuit with two buttons added,
one to trigger the pulse (or start it), and another to reset the timer (cancel any pulse and start again):
The following formula is used to calculate the duration of the pulse time:

Where time is in seconds, R is Ohms, and C is Farads. Once again, the OSC output pin also has a modified
output its time period will be 1.2RC.