EXPERIMENT NO. 6
AIM :- To design and implement, using IC 555
8. (i) Astable mukvibrator with a duty eycle > 50%
(i) Astable multvibrator witha 0 < duty ele < 100%.
b. Monostable multvibratr.
INSTRUMENTS AND COMPONENTS TO BE U
Power supply (0-30 V , SA dual mode power supply)
Dual channet CRO (TDX 1510)
Ic $55
Resistors
Bread board
Connecting wires
Square waves are the simplest waveforms to produce. They are used in system control, tone
generation and instrumentation. They can be used to produce both rams as well as sine waves
IC-355 is an integrated circuit specifically designed to perform signal generation and timing
function
An astable multivibrator (In this mode of operation output does not remain in any of the two.
possible states permanently thus the name Astable!!) can be produced by adding two resistor and
capacitor to the 1C-S55 as shown below in fig. 6.1
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FIG.6.1 Astable Multivibrator UsAtypical output waveform available at the output terminals (pin no.3) is shown below
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FIG.6.2 Output Waveform
DESIGN PROCEDURE
Ton =0.69(R4+ REC. Tog =0.69RBC
Duty cycle of the output waveform generated is given by
= PAtRB 199
YDutyeyle
Ton *+Tog Ra+2RB
a
To generate an output waveform with a free running frequency of 1.43 kHz and on time Ton
=0.421ms and hence Tog = 0.269 ms which gives a duty cycle of 61% , we begin the design by
selecting a capacitor of value 0.1uF and Ry=22 KQ. This gives Ry=3.9 KQ to meet
simultaneously the specification on Ton, Torrand duty cycle as given in equation (1)
PROCEDURE:
|. Bread board the circuit given in fig. 6.1 with the component values obtained by
the design procedure explained above.
2._ Bias the circuit with Vec =5V (be careful you are bias
'555 requires unipolar (+ve) bias of SV at pin -8)
IC-555 not IC-741!! 1C-
3° Observe the output at pin-3 and pin-6 and save them in your removable disk and
note down the values of Toy and Tos there from, Compare these values with the
designed values of the same.
00 0 0 /0/0,/0,0/0/0,/0,0,0,/9,9,.9.9-9.9-0 1 22-01 coFig, 6.3 sample output waveform available at pin-6 and pin-3
ASTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR WITH DUTY CYCLE OF 50% OR LESS:
With the circuit configuration shown in fig equation (1) dictates that the duty cycle will never be
less than 50%. A simple modification as shown below in fig.10.4 makes possible the generation
‘of output waveforms with duty cycle equal to or less than 50%.