NETAJI SUBHASH ENGINEERING COLLEGE
Department Of Electronics and Communication Engg.
Analog & Digital Electronics Lab
Code: ESC-391 2nd Year, 3rd Semester
TITLE: STUDY OF TIMER CIRCUIT USING IC 555 – CONFIGURATION FOR
MONOSTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR
OBJECTIVE: To observe the application of IC 555 as monostable multivibrator.
OPERATING PRINCIPLE: Trigger is a negative going pulse (It’s a narrow pulse with
a quiescent value +Vcc ). Initially the capacitor is uncharged. When the trigger voltage
falls bellow Vcc/3, the output of comparator 2 is 1 and the output of comparator 1 is 0.
Initially, when the output at pin 3 is low i.e. the circuit is in a stable state, the transistor is
on and capacitor- C is shorted to ground. When a negative pulse is applied to pin 2, the
trigger input falls below +1/3 VCC, the output of comparator goes high which resets the
flip-flop and consequently the transistor turns off and the output at pin 3 goes high. This
is the transition of the output from stable to quasi-stable state, as shown in figure. As the
discharge transistor is cutoff, the capacitor C begins charging toward +V CC through
resistance R1 with a time constant equal to R1C1. When the increasing capacitor voltage
becomes slightly greater than +2/3 V CC, the output of comparator 1 goes high, which sets
the flip-flop. The transistor goes to saturation, thereby discharging the capacitor C and
the output of the timer goes low, as illustrated in figure.
PIN DIAGRAM OF IC 555:
Pin no. 1. Ground
2. Trigger input
3. Output
4. Reset
5. Control
6. Threshold
7. Discharge
8. Vcc
PRACTICAL CIRCUIT :
EQIPMENTS REQUIRED:
1. Regulated DC Power supply.
2. Stop- watch.
3. Different discrete components.
PROCEDURE:
1. Connect the circuit as per the circuit diagram.
2. Switch on the power supply
3. Connect Trigger input of Pin No. 2 to Vcc and momentary remove the connection
and again connect to Vcc.
4. Measure the glowing time of LED connected to output pin 3 with the help of
stopwatch.
5. Repeat the above procedure at least three times and get the average time.
6. Match the time with the calculated time using equation 1.1 RC.
7. Repeat the above procedure for different values of R and C.
OBSERVATION TABLE:
R1 = 1 MΩ, C1 = 4.7μF
Calculated Measured value Average Value
Value
T ON 1.1 R1C1 1.
2.
3.
4.
CONCLUSION:
WORKSHEET
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Name of the student:
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Roll No: ……………………………
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:
OBSERVATION TABLE:
R1 = 1 MΩ, C1 = 4.7μF
Calculated Measured value Average Value
Value
T ON 1.1 R1C1 1.
2.
3.
4.
