555 Timer Circuits
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The aim of the project is to build simple low cost inductance meter. The main parts of the project are IC 555, Transistor, resistor and capacitor....
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Here is one of the interesting 555 timer circuits to trick your friends while studying electronics in schools. Clap switch circuit is the local name of sound controlled flip flops. This sound controlled light can also be used as sound detection sensors. Flip....
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Astable Multivibrator can be designed by using 555 timer IC, Op Amps and also using transistors. The 555 IC provide accurate time delay from mille seconds to hours. The frequency of oscillation can be controlled manually by simple modification. This is a....
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In this article we will be discussing about a home security alarm circuit. This is a LPG gas leakage sensor circuit that detects the outflow of LPG gas and alerts the user via audio and visual indications. The heart of this simple engineering project is a....
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Monostable 555 timer multivibrator circuit (one shot monostable multivibrator) is a retriggerable mono shot pulse generator. The name Mono stable` indicates that it has only one stable state. The unstable state is called Quasi stable state`. The duration of....
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Here we are going to discuss about a simple timer IC 555 project. The 555 timer IC can be used as an audio amplifierwithastable multivibrator configuration. It functions as to carry outpulse width modulation (PWM) of audio signal. Current(I) capacity of 555....
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This article explains What is inverter And how can you construct your own simple low cost 12V to 220V inverter circuit. An inverter is nothing but a DC to AC converter. Inverters are very useful electronics products for compensating emergency power failure,....
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We know that astable multivibrator is simply an oscillator circuit that produces continuous pulses without the help of any external triggering. The oscillation frequency and time period can be manually controlled through simple modification of resistors and....
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How to change the brightness of aLED Whether led lights are dimmable Is it possible to adjust the brightness of LEDs LED is basically a diode, when the forward voltage exceeds 0. 7 volt, it starts to glow, and if the forward voltage is less than 0. 7 volt,....
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Have you seen Audi, Lexus or Ford rain sensing wipers and wondered how they work in these vehicles They are handled by sensors at the center of the windscreen which detects rain water and turns on the wiper motor. Here is the working of rain sensitive wipers....
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Here the NE555 is wired as an astable multivibrator. When the push button switch S1 is pressed the LEDs D1 & D2 will flash alternatively. That is when output is high D2 will glow & when output is low D3 will glow. The rate of flashing will depend on....
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An astable multivibrator, often called a free-running multivibrator, is a rectan gular-wave generating cir cuit. Unlike the monostable multivibrator, this circuit does not require any ex ternal trigger to change the state of the output, hence the name....
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Are you familiar with the basics and applications of the 555 timer IC Are you looking for a book that provides all these basics If so, CircuitsToday has started an online store from where you can buy books on 555 timer IC, which have been reviewed in detail.....
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As discussed in previous blog posts, pin 5 terminal is voltage control terminal and its function is to control the threshold and trigger levels. Normally, the control voltage is +2/3VCC because of the internal voltage divider. However, an external voltage....
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A circuit for car windshield/wiper motor speed control built using NE 555 IC.This enables intermittent windshield wiper control which changes sweep rate to 10 seconds....
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With this cool cat/dog repeller circuit you could chase the cats off from any where you want. In fact, I designed this circuit to chase my cat from my computer table. Most of the animals like cats respond violently to ultrasonic sound and in fact it`s the....
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A DC motor controller based on NE555 timer is shown here. Direction of rotation of DC motor can be also changed by this DC motor speed control circuit....
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The main part of this doorbell circuit are two NE555 timer ICs. When some one presses switch S1 momentarily, the loud speaker sounds a bell tone as long as the time period of the monostable multivibrator built around IC1. When the switch S1 pressed, IC1 is....
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A simple F to V converter circuit with diagram and schematic using LM555 Timer IC.This circuit has lots of applications in digital frequency meters, tachometers etc....
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An Infrared or IR sensor/detector circuit diagram using 555 IC used mainly as Water level or Liquid level sensor and proximity detector circuit....
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This is the circuit diagram of lamp flasher operated from mains. By this you can flash up to 200 Watt lamps at rates determined by you. IC NE555 is wired as an astable multivibrator for producing the pulses for flashing the lamp. The flashing rate can be set....
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An NE555 timer IC connected as shown here can detect a missing pulse or abnormally long period between two consecutive pulses in a train of pulses. Such circuits can be used to detect the intermittent firing of the spark plug of an automobile or to monitor....
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A lot of electronic circuits using NE555 timer IC are already published here and this is just another one. Here is the circuit diagram of a police siren based on NE55 timer IC. The circuit uses two NE555 timers ICs and each of them are wired as astable....
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Simple PWM lamp dimmer using NE555 timer IC. 555 timer IC wired as variable duty cycle astable multivibrator for controlling the brightness of the lamp....
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This is a radio transmitter circuit diagram suitable for fitting on radio collars using NE 555 IC. he circuit transmits a pulse in the FM between band 88MHz to 105Mhz....
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A sawtooth wave generator circuit using a 555 IC is given in the article below.Frequency equation is given with the supply voltage Vcc....
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Apart from the timing functions, the two comparators of the 555 timer can be used independently for other applications. One example is a Schmitt Trigger shown here. The two comparator inputs (pin 2 & 6) are tied together and biased at 1/2 Vcc through a....
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Here is the circuit diagram of an ultra sensitive intruder alarm. The shadow of an intruder passing few meters nearby the circuit is enough to trigger the alarm. Here IC2 uA 741 is wired as a sensitive comparator, whose set point is set by R6 &R7. The....
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A touch switch circuit schematic using 555 IC.When touched on the touch plate a relay will be switched ON for a preset time. This time can be adjusted too....
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The circuit diagram of a very simple voltage doubler using NE555 timer is shown here. Here IC NE555 is wired as an astable mutivibrator operating at around 9KHz. The base of the two transistors (Q1 and Q2) is shorted and output of the astable multivibrator....
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This is a simple Water level alarm circuits made using 555 Timer IC. Circuit will produce an alarm when the water level reaches a preset level....
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A very simple water level controller circuit based on 555 IC and 6 transistors. A relay is used for switching the pump motor....