Monostable Circuits

Astable/Monostable oscillator using 555 IC

The 555 is a highly stable device for generating accurate time delays or oscillation. Aditional terminals are provided for triggering or resetting if desired. In the time delay (monostable) modeof operation the time is precisely controlled by one extrernal resistor and one capacitor. For stable operation as an oscillator, the free running frequency and the duty cycle are both accurately controlled with two external resistors and one capacitor...

Simple Monostable Flip Flop

The monostable flip flop, sometimes called a 'one shot' is used to produce a single pulse each time it is triggered. It can be used to debounce a mechanical switch so that only one rising and one falling edge occurs for each switch closure, or to produce a delay for timing applications. In the discrete circuit, the left transistor normally conducts while the right side is turned off. Pressing the switch grounds the base of the conducting transistor causing it to turn off which causes the collector voltage to rise. As the collector voltage rises, the capacitor begins to charge through the base of the opposite transistor, causing it to switch on and produce a low state at the output...

Mono stable with 555 and relay

The two circuits below illustrate using the 555 timer to close a relay for a predetermined amount of time by pressing a momentary N/O push button. The circuit on the left can be used for long time periods where the push button can be pressed and released before the end of the timing period. For shorter periods, a capacitor can be used to isolate the switch so that only the initial switch closure is seen by the timer input and the switch can remain closed for an unlimited period without effecting the output. ..

Dual Precision Monostable Logic circuit (CD4538BC)

The logic diagram of the CD4538BC Dual Precision Monostable is shown in the following schematic diagram. This IC such a dual, precision monostable multivibrator with independent trigger and controls, according to the datasheet. This CD4538BC IC features wide supply voltage range, wide pulse-width range, low standby current, high noise immunity and more...

Simple 555 Timer Monostable Circuit

The two circuits below illustrate using the 555 timer to close a relay for a predetermined amount of time by pressing a momentary N/O push button. The circuit on the left can be used for long time periods where the push button can be pressed and released before the end of the timing period. For shorter periods, a capacitor can be used to isolate the switch so that only the initial switch closure is seen by the timer input and the switch can remain closed for an unlimited period without effecting the output...

This software functions as a long period astable mutivibrator. The mark and space period can be set from 1 second up to a maximum 65535 seconds (18h12m15s). Using the internal 4Mhz RC oscillator delays with an accuracy of 99% or better can be achieved The code also implements an edge triggered reset and an active low hold function. The reset edge can be configured for rising or falling edge. The hold function is active low and stretches the timed period for as long as the hold input is held low. In addition to this up to 128 mark/space time pairs can be used which are executed sequentially allowing complex pulse trains to be generated...

This circuit will remove the transient spikes and contact bounces from a non-latching push button switch. Using a 555 timer as a monostable circuit, it is easy to build a good switch debouncer circuit. There are many circuits for SPDT debouncing, but not many for a normally open, push-to-make press button switch (PBS). The 555 monostable gives an output pulse of around 20 msec with component values shown...

May be I can use 555 monostable for POT reading. So I got my lab at home finding old boards and parts on the shelf. I found MAX7219, 8-digit LED display module and two buzzers. The MAX7219 needs serial interface, like SPI. This enables me to use a 20-pin 89C4051 MCU, since the pin counts for i/o port is quite limited. The 8-digit LED lets me have four timers, each will have two digit. I can set say, 00-99mins or 0-99Hrs. The output would be open collector with my favorite 7407!..

The circuit in Figure 1 is a simple, low-cost voltage-to-time converter using the ubiquitous 555 timer chip. You can use the IC`s monostable multivibrator as a voltage-to-time converter by connecting the analog-voltage input to the charging resistor, R, instead of connecting R to VCC. With this modification, the timer chip`s output-timing cycle, tP, is proportional to the input voltage, VIN...

The circuit in Figure 1 is a simple, low-cost voltage-to-time converter using the ubiquitous 555 timer chip. You can use the IC`s monostable multivibrator as a voltage-to-time converter by connecting the analog-voltage input to the charging resistor, R, instead of connecting R to VCC. With this modification, the timer chip`s output-timing cycle, tP, is proportional to the input voltage, VIN...

You can divide a large keypad or keyboard into sections of 12 keys each (Figure 1). Each section connects to a separate comparator circuit, which detects a keystroke and generates a trigger pulse using the monostable circuit of IC4, and you can add more sections in the same manner. Diodes D1, D2, and D3 couple and isolate the comparators` outputs to Pin 2 of IC4. Each keypad section connects the same selection of timing-resistor values to the monostable. Therefore, each keypad section`s output pulse widths occupy the same range: 110 to 1320 µsec...

The circuits in Figure 1 have certain advantages over those in a previous Design Idea (Reference 1). The first-event detector with autoreset (Figure 1a) consists of N sets of monostable multivibrators, using 4001 logic circuits with LEDs attached. After any player (1 through N) presses a pushbutton, the corresponding monostable multivibrator switches on, and its associated LED lights...

When the circuit is energised from a 6V battery, the decade counter CD4017 (IC2), which is configured as a toggle flip-flop, is immediately reset by the power-onreset combination of capacitor C3 and resistor R6. LED1 connected to pin 3 (Q0) of IC2 via resistor R5 glows to indicate the standby condition. In standby condition, data output pin of the integrated infrared receiver/demodulator (SFH505A or TSOP1738) is at a high level (about 5 volts) and transistor T1 is off (reverse biased). The monostable wired around IC1 is inactive in this condition...

This Design Idea offers a solution to the challenge of turning devices on or off in the past. In Figure 1, IC2 is a 555-type timer (preferably CMOS) connected as a monostable one-shot multivibrator. The pushbutton switch, S1, triggers IC2. You can replace S1 with a transistor or an optocoupler, for example. You can connect VOUT to a relay or a transistor, if needed. You might need to adjust the values of R4 and R5, depending on the output load and the characteristics of S1...

Using dual flip-flop IC CD4027 employ a 555 based monostable circuit to supply input clock pulses. The circuit described here obviates this requirement. One of the two flip-flops within IC CD4027 itself acts as square wave shaper..