Timer IC Unit

Operation
By:
Diana Mae G. Cubillas
ICS 30 A
 Timer IC

The figures above is the 555 timer, an analog-digital IC. As described in

the figures, it is made of linear comparators and digital flip-flops.
The one on the left is the internal of the IC and the one on the right is
its external view.
 Operational Modes
 One-Shot Mode
(Monostable Multivibator)
• Has a single stable state,
which is off state
• Generates a single pulse of
a fixed time duration each
time it receives an input
trigger pulse
 Astable Multivibrator
(Clock Circuit)
• Simply an oscillator
• Generates a continuous
stream of rectangular off-on
pulses that switch between
two voltage levels
Monostable Multivibrator
 Uses of One-Shot Mode
 turning some circuit or external component on or
off for a specific length of time
 generate delays
Astable Operation
 Formula Difference
Astable operation Monostable operation

Thigh = 0.7 (ra + rb)c Thigh = 1.1 ra c

Tlow = 0.7rbc

t = Thigh + Tlow
 Waveforms of Astable Operation

Capacitor charges
through RA + RB

Capacitor discharges
through RB
 Waveforms of Monostable
Operation

High
trigger
output
Input triggers timer
on negative edge

Output Hi

Low

Thigh