A 555-based solar engine

Incandescent LED Circuit

This circuit when used with a 555 timer will cause light emitting diodes to turn on and off more slowly. This will make the LEDs appear similar to incandescent lamps.

LED Chaser

I don`t know why, but people like blinking lights. You see LED chasers everywhere, in TV shows (Knight Rider), movies, and store windows. This schematic is my version of a simple 10 LED chaser. There is no 555 timer used because at my local electronics store they are over $4 Cdn. Instead, an...

Divide-multiply-with-only-one-trim

This relatively simple, inexpensive circuit requiring one trimming operation can multiply or divide with a consistentaccuracy of greater than 1 part in 1,000. An inexpensive CMOS version of standard 555 timer chip T, in conjunction with low-drift LMll error amplifier A3, an inexpensive analog...

IR Remote Control Extender Circuit (Mark 3)

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...

Digital position encoder does away with ADC

The position encoder in Figure 1 is a simple yet powerful circuit that converts the change in resistance of a potentiometer into a digital value without using an expensive A/D converter. The working principle is a resistance-to-PWM converter built around the common 555 timer IC. A change in the...

12-Bit Sampling A/D Converter Conserves Power

This application note uses a timer IC (ICL7555), CMOS logic and discrete transistors to automatically control the conversion the MAX190 12-bit SAR analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The delay between conversions can be programed using a resistor. Logic circuits ensures proper startup when power...

Integrator multiplies 555 delay

Long delay times can be derived from a 555 timer with reasonably sized capacitors if an integrator circuit is used.

555 Astable oscillator

This free-running multivibrator uses an external current sink to discharge the timing capacitor, C. Therefore, interval ^ may easily be 1000 the pulse duration, t1( which defines a positive output. Capacitor voltage, V^, is a negative going ramp with exponential rise during the pulse output...