i understand the resistor volt divider being wonky thing.... my first was a zener regulator but current was too high and 555 broke. guess i should hv used a shunt regulater where volts is made less by resister and zener but again a resistor is present(unless you can recogmend a better way to get 17.5 to 12v)...It seems like the transistor is ON, and it also seems like the very fast pulse rate is preventing you from seeing any problems. And you don't have a larger value of capacitor to get a much slower pulse rate. WITH the transformer disconnected.
But there are a whole bunch of big flaws in the circuit as posted in post #16. First, the supply voltage is way too lowf0or correct operation, and using a voltage divider to power a 555 timer IC will assure poor operation. Next, the collector load resistor is too low a resistance, while the current limiting resistor in series with the transformer primary is too high. The adjustments make it better than the first version in post #4, but it still will not work.
FIRST, supply the 555 timer with12 volts DC, and then the evaluation can continue.
i only have this PSU so my 17.5 1A adapter power is what i must use... and yeah trying to get everthing to 12v but as soon as i connect transistor the power drops to 700mv output. like its automatically only give the transister as much as it needs and not more
question.... cant i take the transistor out? why is it there to begin with other than to invert the output?
