555 TIMER Applications Sourcebook Experiments

This Book is about the 555 Timer. It will show you how to use it by itself, and with other solid-state devices.You will:

1. Look at the timer`s Organization and Electrical characteristics
2. Learn how to connect the 555 Timer as a monostable multivibrator or one-shot pulser
3. Learn uses of the timer to form regulated power supplies, dc-dc converters, and switching regulators
4. Discover specialized applications including electronic games, telephone, Music and automotive circuits
5. Conduct 17 simple Experiments that will allow you to gain a basic practical Knowledge in using the 555 timer

1. INTRODUCTION TO THE 555 TIMER
2. MONOSTABLE OPERATION Operation?Triggered Monostable?Negative-Recovery Circuit?Compensating for Capacitance Variations?Schmitt Triggers?laverting Bistable Buffer?-Things to Remember
3. ASTABLE OPERATION Operation?The Duty Cycle?Adjusting the Frequency and Duty Cycle?A Crystal-Controlled Astable?Minimizing Differences in the Monostable and Astable Periods
4. POWER Supply CIRCUITS Positive DC-DC Converters?Negative DC-DC Converters?A Dual-Polarity Converter?Battery Charger/Monitor
5. MEASUREMENTS AND CONTROL Go/No Go Tester?Audible Continuity Tester?Digital Logic Probes ?Multi wire Cable Tester?Oscilloscope Display?Analog Frequency Meters and Tachometers?Measurement of Capacitance?555-RLC Maxwell Bridge?Waveform Generators?Temperature Measurement and Control?Additional Control Circuits
6. PLAYING Games WITH THE 555 TIMER Coin Flip Decision Maker?Casino Games?Personal Timing Tester
7. CIRCUITS FOR THE Automobile AND HOME Windshield Wiper System?Automobile Idiot Light Alarm?Voltage Regulator?Electronic Ignition?Tachometers and Speed?Automobile Burglar Alarm?Automatic Headlight Turn-Off?Toxic Gas Alarm?Monitoring the Weather?Electric Eyes
8. THE 555 AND MA BELL Ringers?Tones
9. HOBBIES Photography?Music?Ham and CB Radio
10. EXPERIMENTING WITH THE 555 TIMER Introduction to the Experiments?

Howard M. Berlin