Need some help on 555 timer...

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Hibaki

Joined Nov 15, 2010
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Hi everyone.
Our group project is to make a counter counts to 7,stop the count and delay it for 1.5 secs before it can count again. but the problem is I am unable to figure out the connections from the counter to the 555 timer....pls help...

Also, our lecturers told us we will be using a 555 timer for this.
 

Wendy

Joined Mar 24, 2008
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I'm one of the guys around here that is pretty handy with a 555. The counter is the hard part, have you done any work on it?

List of necessary questions, no answer and we can't really answer.

How many digits is the counter?

Power supply voltage?

Does a 555 generate the pulses that are counted?

Does a second 555 turn on and off the counter? Note: at this point the counter sounds very similar to a frequency counter.

Does the second 555 reset the counter to zero during the 1.5 seconds the counter is idle?

There will be more, but this is a start.


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Thread Starter

Hibaki

Joined Nov 15, 2010
5
Thanks for the quick reply.

1)single digit
2)5V
3)Nope. we use an ac to generate the pulses
4)so we need a 2nd 555 timer 0.0?
5)yes
 

Wendy

Joined Mar 24, 2008
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OK, so do you have a schematic of this single digit counter yet? It was the first question phrased differently.

We need information where the AC is coming from. Remember, we have no clue where you are, so if this is coming from your AC line current we don't know the frequency.

Basically you need a simple 555 oscillator feeding a OR or NOR gate (which is a AND gate with inverters in front) allowing your pulses to go through. The low duration of this oscillator is timed to let 7 pulses from your AC through, the high part of the pulse is to meet the 1.5 second requirement stated.



So as a hypothetical (for a 50 Hz signal) T2 = 140ms, and T1 = 1.5 seconds.

You are using an AND gate to the counter. Since the 555 signal is inverted for an and gate this becomes a OR gate.

 
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Hibaki

Joined Nov 15, 2010
5
Thanks for the reply.

The counter i am using is the binary counter... and to add on, my counter shld not start counting again after the reset... so is it possible?
And is the mode of the 555 in monostable mode?

I think i need to sort out this problems before showing the diagram.
 
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KMoffett

Joined Dec 19, 2007
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Hibaki,

I think you need to show us the diagram of the counter you are now using (or considering), before anyone can tell you how to add features with a 555. Please post your schematic or link.

ken
 

Wendy

Joined Mar 24, 2008
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After seeing the schematic another way comes to mind. A simple 3 input AND (I'd use a diode gate) feeding into a monostable that was set for 1.5 seconds. Much less tweaking required.
 
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