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555 Astable Multivibrator
Astable Multivibrator contd.
Astable Multivibrator contd.
Astable Multivibrator contd.
50% duty cycle circuit
Troubleshooting 555 circuits

 

 

 

 

TROUBLESHOOTING IC555

1. In astable mulitvibrator first see you have short circuited pin2 and pin6.

2. See the voltage of at pin8

3. See the voltage at pin 7 and pin 5 and pin 4 and LED should glow

4. The only way to test 555 is by astable multivibrator with F=1Hz so that you can see. In this case Rb>Ra to make OFF time and ON time to be close which make things clear.

5. First test this, then only connect the circuit. i.e, first test IC555 before making 38Khz wave.

See this circuit and tell about the timings. Try to do yourself.
Here charging time = .693 R1*C2
discharging time = .693 R2*C2
This circuit has another advantage,
If you want to make duty cycle=50% then you can do it without diode. This is another circuit of astable multivibrator.

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