Pressing the switch S1 momentarily enables the IC to start the timing sequence pin 3 going high and LED turning ON , while pressing S2 reset button allows instant termination or resetting of the timing sequence so that the output pin 3 reverts to its original 0 V situation LED turning OFF permanently.
The IC allows the use of loads with maximum current specifications of up to mA. Although these loads are normally non-inductive types, an inductive load like a relay can be also effectively used directly across pin 3 and ground as shown in the following diagrams.
The 3rd figure below we can see that the relay can be wired across pin 3 and ground, and, pin 3 and positive. Notice the freewheeling diode connected across the relay coil, it is highly recommended for neutralizing the dangerous back emfs from the relay coil during switch OFF instants.
The 4rth circuit diagram shows the standard IC adjustable timer circuit having two sets of timing ranges and an output relay for toggling the desired load. Although the schematic looks correct, this basic circuit may actually have a few negative aspects.
The above discussed flaws can be actually overcome, by configuring the circuit in the following manner. Here we use a DPDT relay for the procedures. In this 5th IC timer diagram we can see that the relay contacts are joined in parallel with the START switch S1, which are both in the "normally-open" mode, and ensures there's no current drain while the circuit is OFF.
This instantly powers the IC At the onset, C2 can be expected to be fully discharged. The relay contacts which are connected in parallel with S1 enables the IC to remain powered even after S2 is released. The timing delay output of the circuit is basically determined by R1 and potentiometer R5 values, along with the values of either C1 or C2, and depending on the position of the selector switch S3 a.
Having said this, we must also note that the timing is additionally affected by how the potentiometers R6 and R7 are adjusted.
These potentiometers are introduced to effectively shunt the internal voltage of the IC , which might otherwise disturb the output timing of the system.
Due to this enhancement the circuit is now able to function with utmost accuracy even with capacitors having inconsistent tolerance levels. Furthermore, the feature also allows the circuit to work with a solitary timing scale calibrated to read two individual timing ranges as per the positioning of the selector switch.
For setting up the above accurate IC timer circuit, R5 must be initially adjusted to it maximum range. After this, S3 may be selected to position 1. Next, adjust R6 to get a 10 second ON timing output scale with some trial and error. Follow the same procedures for the position 2 selection, through the pot R7 for getting an accurate scale of seconds.
This 6th simple car headlight IC based timer prevents the car headlights from shutting off as soon as the ignition is turned OFF. Instead, the headlights are allowed to remain illuminated for some preset delay, once the driver locks the car ignition and walks off towards his destination which may be his home or office.
This allows the owner to see the path and enter the destination comfortably with visible illumination from the headlights. The relay enables the headlight operations via the upper relay contacts and the switch S1, so that the headlights works normally through S1. At this point the capacitor C3 associated with pin 2 of the IC remains completely discharged because both its leads are at the positive potential. However, when the ignition switch S2 is turned OFF, the C3 capacitor is subjected to a ground potential via the relay coil, which suddenly causes a negative trigger to appear at pin 2.
Depending on the values of the timing components R1 and C1, the relay stays energized keeping the headlights ON for 50 seconds , until finally the time period elapses and pin 3 of the IC turns OFF de-energizing the relay and the lights. The circuit does not create any interference with the usual functioning of the headlights while the car is running. The next 7th timer circuit shown below is also a car headlight timer which is controlled manually instead of the ignition switch.
The circuit utilizes a DPDT relay having two sets of contacts. The IC monostable action is initiated by pressing S1 momentarily. This energizes the relay, and both the contacts move upward and connect with the positive supply. The right side pair of contacts activates the headlights, while the left side contacts power the IC circuit.
The C3 causes a momentary negative pulse to appear at pin 2 which triggers the counting mode of the IC, and pin 3 becomes high latching ON the relay. The headlights are now switched ON. This 8th circuit shows simple porch light timer circuit that can be activated for a minute only during night time. During day time the LDR resistance becomes low which keeps its junction with R5 high. Due to this, pressing S1 has no effect on pin 2 of the IC.
In this condition when the switch S1 is pressed, causes a negative trigger at pin 2 of the IC , which activates pin 3 to high and also turns ON the relay. The porch light attached with the relay contacts illuminates. The IC now resets to the turn pin 3 low and de-energizing the relay and switching OFF the porch light.
A monostable timer circuit using IC can be also effectively implemented for making a tachometer circuit which will provide the user with accurate information regarding the frequency and engine timing. The incoming frequency from the engine are first converted to well dimensioned square wave through an RC differentiator network and then fed to pin 2 of the monostable. The differentiator network transforms the leading or trailing edges of the square wave signal into appropriate trigger pulses.
A 9 th practical circuit below shows how an RC network and a transistor converts any input signal with any amplitude into well formed square waves for generating ideal triggering pulses, switching between the full IC Vcc level and ground.
In all of the circuits presented so far, the functions as a monostable one-shot timing period generator. This requires the trigger pulse width at pin 2 to be higher than nanoseconds but lower than the pulse which is intended to appear at the output pin 3. This ascertains the elimination of the trigger pulse by the time the set monostable period elapses.
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This time I want to know if you have a precision timer circuit … Maybe with quartz crystal for more precision. Up to 10 minutes From already thank you very much. Hi, thanks for the quick response.
What I need is a timer up to 8 minutes. But very stable … Regarding this circuit what would be the value of the crystal?
Hi, you can make the design and test the delay at pin3, and also adjust the capacitor value for the adjusting the delay. I think pin3 will provide more than 8 minute range. Hello swagatam i designed an electronic car and i want to control it with remote,how do i make the wirless remote control?
Sir, How can I send a single output pulse of 3 or 5 seconds when the input trigger without switch is constant ON? Which of the above circuit will be suitable for my application? Replace S1 with a 0.
Connect a K parallel to this 0. Replace 22k with 10K. Adjust the K to get 3 second ON. Attach the positive lead of a speaker to pin 3 of the and connect the negative lead to ground pin 1. Operation When you power this circuit you should begin to hear the pulse waveform coming from the Turn the potentiometer to change the frequency of this pulse wave. When I turned the pot all the way to the other side for a resistance of 0ohms the timer stopped working as expected fig So let's calculate the output frequency from the timer when the pot is turned to its halfway point, for a resistance of 50Kohms.
This is because the duration of the low output phase is not dependent on R A the variable resistor. The duty cycle of a pulse wave is the ratio of the time it spends high to the total duration of the high and low state. In this circuit a diode bypasses R B during the charging phase of the while the output is held high. So how does this affect the durations of the high and low phases of the output? This is the opposite direction of current flow that the diode will accept, so no current flows through the diode.
During this time, the circuit in figure 1 is functionally equivalent to the circuit in fig 2. The duration of high output does change, most notably the R B contribution goes away because it is being bypassed by the diode.
In this case the capacitor is being charged so current is flowing from the power supply Vcc, through R A in the downward direction in the schematic , and through the diode to the capacitor. Current will not flow through R B because the path through the diode is the path of lease resistance; the diode is essentially acting as a wire across R B. We calculated the general form of the duration of high output in step 5. Also notice how the voltage drop across the diode and the supply voltage have an effect on the equation.
I explained how to do this at the end of step 4. Even more info about PWM with the timer can be found on the datasheet. As explained in step 1, a flip flop is circuit that switches between two stable states based on the state of its inputs.
In the case of the timer in bistable mode, the two inputs are the trigger and reset pins. By default, both are kept high by pull up resistors in bistable mode. When the trigger pin is pulsed low, it causes the output to go high Vcc.
The output will remain high even if the trigger pin is set high again. When the reset pin is pulsed low, the output goes low. Again, the output will remain in this state even if the reset pin goes high again. I set up a circuit which uses momentary buttons to pulse the reset and trigger pins low and displays the state of the output using an LED indicator. Connect pin 6 to ground with a jumper wire black.
Leave pin 7 floating- it will not be used in this setup since there is no capacitor to discharge. Wire a 10Kohm resistor between pin 4 and Vcc and pin 2 and Vcc.
These are pull-up resistors that will keep pins 2 and 4 high by default. Use a jumper wire to connect pins 2 and 4 to two momentary switches one for each pin connected to ground. When each of the buttons is pressed it will cause its associated pin to go low momentarily. Operation Press the button attached to pin 2 trigger. The LED should light up, indicating that the output is now in a high state. Release the trigger button, the LED will remain lit. Now press the reset button, this will cause the output to go low and turn the LED off.
Release the reset button, the LED should remain off. Now you have created a circuit that toggles between two stable states based on which button was last pressed.
See figs for more info. Question 3 months ago on Step 2. A question about TS All data sheets of TS indicate "high output current capability" But the maximum output current is not given in any DataSheet! Is the maximum output current better than NE? Thanks in advance! Some years ago I built a circuit from a magazine schematic. It is a capacitor tester, and it works quite well for electrolytic capacitors one microfarad and larger.
I gave up the magazine during a move. I have tried tracing the circuit from my tester, but that is not always easy or error free. I believe, though it is a simple monostable configuration.
There are three ranges of resistance for 1x, 10x, and x multiplication of the count in seconds before the LED extinguishes itself. The count in seconds multiplied by the resistance range factor yields the value of the capacitor. If the LED goes out immediately when the momentary contact switch is pressed and released, does not light at all, or stays on and does not go out, the capacitor is faulty.
Reply 1 year ago. Using a timmer in astable mode , I was trying to understand the variation of capacitance with frequency with and without a dielectric , it would be very helpful if you could provide some guidelines to do this.. And also should you please specify the frequency range at which astable mode is evident.
Question 3 years ago on Step 2. Setup in astable mode, what would happen if the reset pin is held low via a pulldown resister? Then if I apply vcc to the reset pin, thst should allow astable operation again? My concern is if this will work, what will be a good value for the pullup resister? Hi great circuit! Is there a way to just use one resistor for all three? The buttons would be from the bistable configuration leading to a relay.
As of right now, I'm looking to have the run off a 9V battery. My question is, does the timer draw current even when it is in the off position of the bistable configuration? Im working on a model train layout, what i want is for a kid to press a button the train goes for 2 min then stops.
Any ideas? Reply 5 years ago. You should use an microcontroller, like and MSP or something like that I want this circuit, but I have opamps in stead of the momentary switches. Can I connect the output to the bottom of the pull-up resistors to set or reset the ? Thanks a lot!!!!. It was very much helpful. I wanted to understand from basics and it helped me a lot. Thanks Reply 6 years ago. Pin 7 is the same except that it is open collector no internal or active pull-up. That is, the rise and fall time are fast.
The is a very versatile device and can be operated in many nonstandard ways. Introduction: Timer. By amandaghassaei uh-man-duh-guss-eye-dot-com Follow. More by the author:. About: I post updates on twitter and instagram: amandaghassaei More About amandaghassaei ». By wiring the timer with resistors and capacitors in various ways, you can get it to operate in three different modes: Monostable Mode is great for creating time delays.
In this step I'll talk a little more about using monostable mode, this time for faster applications. As indicated in the schematic in fig 4, connect a 0. Connect a 1uF capacitor between pins 1 and 6, make sure that the negative lead of the capacitor is connected to pin 1.
Connect a 5. I left the reset pin floating. I used an Arduino to trigger a low pulse every 10ms to pin 2 of the timer. You could also use a function generator to generate this pulse signal. Did you make this project? Share it with us! I Made It! Remote Control Light Switch by alanmerritt in Arduino. Answer Upvote. Phil B 1 year ago.
Reply Upvote. JohnC Phil B Reply 1 year ago. Evaroz 3 years ago. KhoiS andrew. Omnivent KhoiS Reply 5 years ago. Nah, pretty easy - just add a and Bob's your uncle ;.
Martinv1 7 years ago on Step 8. KhoiS Martinv1 Reply 5 years ago. TeRaKu 5 years ago. DheerajC4 5 years ago. Can any of the pin be used to give an output logic 1 unless I open the switch??
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