Timer Circuits

That circuit is based at a technique to remove or neutralize the salt in water, and protect the pipes at home as well as the washing machines or our selves from salt. Its called water softener and its automated circuit using two 555 timers. The cost of parts is nearly 10$ and its very easy to build it.

The MAX712 and MAX713 are nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd) battery fast charge controllers which will fast charge batteries from a DC source at least 1V higher than the maximum battery voltage. 1 to 16 series cells can be charged at rates up to 4C. A voltage-slope detecting analogue-to-digital converter, timer, and temperature window comparator determine charge completion. The MAX712 or 713 are powered by the DC source via an on-clip +5V shunt regulator, and draw a maximum of 5uA from the battery when not charging. A low-side current-sense resistor allows the battery charge current to be regulated while still supplying the power to the battery's load.

The features of the MC68HC908QY/QT include a 4-channel Analog to Digital Converter and Timer module which can be set to generate PWM signals. This feature makes this MCU suitable for application such as a single cell Li-ion battery charger. The MC68HC908QY/QT is available in several packages with different memory size to fit into various applications.

This circuit features an intermittent siren output and automatic reset. It can be operated manually using a key-switch or a hidden switch; but it can also be wired to set itself automatically when you turn-off the ignition. By adding external relays you can immobilize the bike, flash the lights etc. Ron has used my Asymmetric Timer as the basis for his design.

I tried to design a timer that would do everything it needed to do but with the smallest number of pieces and simplest mode of operation. It only needs the PIC, a four digit LED display, one other IC, a resistor network, one pushbutton switch and a capacitor. It can run on batteries if you use a solid state relay to turn the exposure light on and off thereby adding a minimum of parts to make a fully functional darkroom timer. A simple regulator would add only a few extra parts and allow the use of a "wall-wart" for power.

This application note will discuss methods with which to interface the MCP2122 to a Host Controller and how to use the PICmicro® MCUs CCP and Timer2 modules to generate the 16XCLK signal.

This project was begun as a means to charge and cycle NiCad batteries but has become a versatile tool for experiments requiring either a controlled voltage up to +30V and/or a current of +/- 2.5 Amps. If all you want to do is charge and recycle NiCad batteries, then, with hindsight, I'd advise you to buy one of the commerical units available. The circuit I will describe will do the job but it is experimental and has many short comings.

This simple circuit is a good solution to the powering a dual supply op amp from a single battery problem. The circuit simply takes a positive voltage and inverts it. It uses only one 555 timer and a few other passive components, so it doesn't add much in the way of size and cost to a project.

This simple circuit is a good solution to the powering a dual supply op amp from a single battery problem. The circuit simply takes a positive voltage and inverts it. It uses only one 555 timer and a few other passive components, so it doesn't add much in the way of size and cost to a project.

This is a good and fairly efficient flyback driver circuit. All parts can be obtained easily from Radio Shack, including the MOSFET. This circuit uses a 555 timer IC to pulse a 2N2222 with square wave at a frequency that is set by the capacitor and the potentiometers. The 2N2222 then drives the gate of the MOSFET and the MOSFET delivers the pulse to the ten turn winding on the flyback. If you build this circuit you will have to adjust the potentiometers until you get the longest arc possible. The circuit will run from +12VDC to +15VDC at about 3A.

Here is a very simple circuit that will provide high voltage (15-40kV) sparks using a common ignition coil. The input is 12VDC at around 5 to 6 amps. Mine produces sparks that are about 3/4" to 1" in length. A 2N3055 NPN power transistor is pulsed with a square wave signal that comes from the 555 timer IC. The frequency of the pulses depends on the resistors between pins 7 and 8 and between pins 7 and 6. The pulse is also dependent on the capacitor. You can experiment with these values.

The circuit requires four astable multivibrators for its working. Therefore two 556 ICs are used here. The IC 556 contains two timers (similar to 555 ICs) in a single package. One can also assemble this circuit using four separate 555 ICs. The first multivibrator produces a rectangular waveform with 1-second ‘low’ duration and 2-second ‘high’ duration. This waveform is used to control the next multivibrator that produces another rectangular waveform.

The circuit requires four astable multivibrators for its working. Therefore two 556 ICs are used here. The IC 556 contains two timers (similar to 555 ICs) in a single package. One can also assemble this circuit using four separate 555 ICs. The first multivibrator produces a rectangular waveform with 1-second ‘low’ duration and 2-second ‘high’ duration. This waveform is used to control the next multivibrator that produces another rectangular waveform.

The circuit requires four astable multivibrators for its working. Therefore two 556 ICs are used here. The IC 556 contains two timers (similar to 555 ICs) in a single package. One can also assemble this circuit using four separate 555 ICs. The first multivibrator produces a rectangular waveform with 1-second ‘low’ duration and 2-second ‘high’ duration. This waveform is used to control the next multivibrator that produces another rectangular waveform.

This device is a simple timer, allowing to keep on the headlights of your vehicle for about 1min. and 30sec., e.g. when accessing some dark place, without the necessity of coming back to switch-off the lights.

This circuit turns-off an amplifier or any other device when a low level audio signal fed to its input is absent for 15 minutes at least. Pushing P1 the device is switched-on feeding any appliance connected to SK1. Input audio signal is boosted and squared by IC2A & IC2B and monitored by LED D4. When D4 illuminates, albeit for a very short peak, IC3 is reset and restarts its counting. Pin 2 of IC3 remains in the low state, the two transistors are on and the relay operates. When, after a 15 minutes delay, no signal appeared at the input, IC3 ends its counting and pin 2 goes high.

I have several Sony EVS-C100 Hi-8 video cassette recorders, which do not have their own timers or tuners. They do have infrared remote controls as well as Control-S inputs (which are TTL-level baseband equivalents of the Sony SIRCS IR remote signals). I am using a PIC16C71 to control them. The PIC is currently programmed to scan a 4x4 key matrix and generate both the 40 KHz modulated drive for an IR LED as well as the Control-S signal which may be used for wired control.

IR appliances use pulses (control signals) sent over a modulated IR carrier wave. The carrier wave may be modulated at various frequencies, 36-38KHz being the most popular.Some Satellite receivers use even higher frequencies than this. The IR1 remote module receives an infra red signal and separates control pulses from the modulation. To re-transmit, a 555 timer is configured as an astable oscillator.

This infrared remote control timer can be used to turn an appliance on/off for a period of 0.11 second to 110.0 seconds. The circuit comprises two sections, namely, the transmitter section and the receiver section. Fig. 1 shows the IR transmitter section. The astable multivibrator NE555 (IC1) is used to generate a 10kHz modulated IR signal.

This is an infrared gate with two sensors planned to use in the wall in the way behind a door. It can be applied in a toilet to keep track of that someone is inside exceeding a certain amount of time. After that time elapsed, the circuit triggers the digital output wich can turn on a ventillator. The time period the output is turned on can be separately controlled by a second timer.