#722 The 555 Timer Applications Sourcebook

Book notes: The 555 Timer Applications Sourcebook, by Howard M. Berlin. First published August 1, 1976.

Notes

See also:

• amazon
• goodreads
• https://openlibrary.org/books/OL21597534M/555_timer_applications_sourcebook_with_experiments
• https://archive.org/details/555timerapplicat0000berl

Contents

• CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE 555 TIMER
• CHAPTER 2: MONOSTABLE OPERATION
  • Operation
  • Triggered Monostable
  • Negative-Recovery Circuit
  • Compensating for Capacitance Variations
  • Schmitt Triggers
  • Inverting Bistable Buffer
  • Things to Remember
• CHAPTER 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
• CHAPTER 4: POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS
  • Positive DC-DC Converters
  • Negative DC-DC Converters
  • A Dual-Polarity Converter
  • Battery Charger/ Monitor
• CHAPTER 5: MEASUREMENTS AND CONTROL
  • Go/No Go Tester
  • Audible Continuity Tester
  • Digital Logic Probes
  • Multiwire 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
• CHAPTER 6: PLAYING GAMES WITH THE 555 TIMER
  • Coin Flip Decision Maker
  • Casino Games
  • Personal Timing Tester
• CHAPTER 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
• CHAPTER 8: THE 555 AND MA BELL
  • Ringers
  • Tones
• CHAPTER 9: HOBBIES
  • Photography
  • Music
  • Ham and CB Radio
• CHAPTER 10: EXPERIMENTING WITH THE 555 TIMER
  • Introduction to the Experiments
  • Experiments
    • 1 monostable multivibrator
    • 2 monostable multivibrator, reset
    • 3 touch latch
    • 4 output pulse duration with control pin
    • 5 astable multivibrator
    • 6 astable multivibrator - timing resistors
    • 7 constant f, variable duty
    • 8 missing pulse detector
    • 9 audio oscillator
    • 10 two-tone
    • 12 10-line sequencer
    • 13 schmitt trigger
    • 14 ambient brightness control
    • 15 thermistor
    • 16 frequency meter/tachometer
    • 17 head/tails game
• APPENDIX