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- From: knop@dutecag.et.tudelft.nl (Peter Knoppers)
- Subject: Re: Simple transistor project (Q)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.114202.3925@donau.et.tudelft.nl>
- Summary: Use a 555 timer.
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- Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- References: <1992Aug13.062418.999@cs.uri.edu> <1992Aug13.100326.3698@donau.et.tudelft.nl>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 11:42:02 GMT
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-
- Andrew Reynhout was looking for a circuit that activates a relay for
- one second on a rising edge on a logic input.
-
- In a followup I suggested using a 555 timer as a one-shot driving the
- relay. Besides the fact that the 555 is started by making the trigger
- input low (this is solved by adding an invertor) there is a slight
- (nonobvious) problem when the trigger signal stays active longer than
- the output pulse of the timer. The application notes almost forget
- to mention that this situation should be avoided. You will have to
- ensure that the logic input signal will never stay on longer than the
- output pulse.
-
- If it is not possible to ensure that the input signal is low at the
- end of the 1 second period, you'll have to add some logic that switches
- off the trigger signal of the 555 after it has been started until the
- logic input signal has gone low again.
-
- The following circuit should perform that function:
- ___
- Input >---+-----------+----------------| |
- | | | & |o---> Timer trigger input
- | | ---|___| (active low)
- | | ___ |
- | ---| | |
- | | & |o---+
- | -------|___| |
- | | |
- | | ------------
- | | |
- | ----------------
- | | ___ |
- | ___ ---| | |
- -----| | | & |o---
- | & |o----|___|
- Timer output >--|___|
-
- The 555 timer must be wired as follows:
- Pin 1: GND
- Pin 2: Trigger, active low, connect to output of circuit above, or to
- inverted logic input signal
- Pin 3: Output (also drives the relay; don't forget the diode across the
- coil of the relay)
- Pin 4: Reset active low, connect to VCC (max current is 200 mA)
- Pin 5: 10 nF to GND
- Pin 6: Threshold, connect to RC network
- Pin 7: Discharge, connect to Pin 6 (and thereby to the RC network)
- Pin 8: VCC
-
- The RC network consists of a 1MOhm resistor to VCC and a capacitor of
- 1 uF to GND. (The one-shot time of this circuit is 1.1 * R * C so this
- yields 1.1 second.)
-
- Disclaimer: I have not tested this.
-
- Success!,
-
- Peter Knoppers - knop@duteca.et.tudelft.nl
-