Good night.
I am having trouble creating 555 timer circuits which will give the following outputs.

What I was trying to do is create 2 50% duty cycle signals. The peak is 5 V and 0 V at the bottom. With Signal B being phase shifted by 90° from phase A. While C is the 2 signals being AND'ed. D is both signal being OR'ed.

My main problem is I'm not sure how to go about making the 2 50% duty cycle circuits for A and B. The frequency of the circuit is supposed to be 200 Hz. Is there a simple way to do this?

 

Hi

Assuming your wave forms are correct, signal D should be a NOR of A and B.

 

As noted by eetech00, waveform D is not the OR'd signal, it is the NOR'd signal.

My take on a circuit, which is as simple as I can make it (below):
The 555 is adjusted to give a 800Hz frequency for 200Hz FF outputs.
The 555 output does not need a 50% duty-cycle since both FF's are triggered on the rising clock edge, which gives an exact 50% FF output duty-cycle and 90° phase-shift, independent of the 555 duty-cycle.

The "C" AND signal is generated by the inverted FF signals connected to a NOR gate.

Note: Tie all unused CD4001 inputs to ground.

 

What's the point of Q1, D1, D2 and R2.
You could do it more simply by using the 555 to clock a 4017 and taking Q0 and Q2, with reset connected to Q4.

 

Thank you guys for all the responses It was a NOR gate that I meant sorry for the mistake These circuits seem very reasonable.

 

What's the point of Q1, D1, D2 and R2.
You could do it more simply by using the 555 to clock a 4017 and taking Q0 and Q2, with reset connected to Q4.

By this you mean create the 200Hz clock then use a 4017? Also by Q0 and Q2 do you mean the first clock in that quarter?

 

seems very simple

It is.

 

What's the point of Q1, D1, D2 and R2.
You could do it more simply by using the 555 to clock a 4017 and taking Q0 and Q2, with reset connected to Q4.

maintains 50% duty cycle independent of frequency.

 

maintains 50% duty cycle independent of frequency.

Neat.
I'd just use a resistor from pin 3 to pins 2/6 to set the frequency.
but I'd be using a CMOS 555.

 

You could do it more simply by using the 555 to clock a 4017

How does that generate the desired two 90° phase-shifted signals?

 

How does that generate the desired two 90° phase-shifted signals?

It generates signals C and D. Isn't that what was required?
If you want A and B, then an OR between 0 and 1 gives A, and 1 and 2 gives B.

 

If you want A and B, then an OR between 0 and 1 gives A, and 1 and 2 gives B.

Still don't see how that gives the 90 degree shift with a CD4017 since only one output is high at a time(?).

 

Still don't see how that gives the 90 degree shift with a CD4017 since only one output is high at a time(?).

but I can't make it work in SPICE with a diode OR-gate.
Something to do with setting the output current of the logic device. ...

 

Hi Ian,
Please post that last LTS asc file.
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Hi Ian,
Please post that last LTS asc file.
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Unfortunately, I didn't save it.

 

Neat.
I'd just use a resistor from pin 3 to pins 2/6 to set the frequency.
but I'd be using a CMOS 555.

Here's a CMOS TLC555 version.
I don't know how well it holds 50%DC under mfg variances or frequency changes tho...

 

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View attachment 307918but I can't make it work in SPICE with a diode OR-gate.
Something to do with setting the output current of the logic device. ...

Here your circuit using diode OR's

 

Here your circuit using diode OR's


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What did you do to the CD4017 model to make it work? Or did yours work straight away and there's something wrong with my 4017 model.
And you don't need the 4001s because the C and D waveforms are on the 0 and 2 pins of the 4017.