
At this time the 555 Timer output is High. This makes Q-bar output 0 and the discharge transistor is closed. The input voltage at the Trigger pin is still lower than 1/3 of the supplied voltage due to this the Trigger comparator will output 1. The output of the flip-flip is also connected to a transistor that connects the “Discharge” pin to the ground. The Q-bar output of the flip-flip goes to the output stage. Also, the flip-flop can be reset by the external pin number 4 called reset. The flip-flop will output 1 when R is 0 and S is 1 and output will be 0 when R is 1 and S is 0. The negative input terminal of the second comparator is connected to the “Trigger” pin and positive input terminal to the 1/3 of the voltage divider.īy using these three pins( Trigger, Threshold, and Control) output of the two comparators is controlled which are then fed to the R and S inputs of the flip-flop next stage flip-flop. The negative input terminal of 1st comparator is connected to the 2/3 reference voltage and external “control” pin, where’s the positive input terminal to the external “Threshold” pin. If the voltage at the negative terminal is higher than the voltage at the positive terminal, the comparator output will be 0(low). If the input voltage at the positive terminal is higher than the input voltage at the negative terminal it will give 1(High) output. It compares two analog input voltages at its positive (non-inverting) and negative (inverting) input terminal. In the next stage, there are two comparators. The voltage divider is consists of three similar 5k resistors which makes two reference voltages at 1/3 and 2/3 of input voltage ranging from 5 to 15V. Its block diagram consists of 2 comparators, one flip-flop, a voltage divider, a discharge transistor, and an output stage. The internal structure of the 555 Timer ICĥ55 Timer is consists of 25 transistors, 2 diodes, and 15 resistors.

You can download datasheet of 555 timer from here To understand the working of 555 timer let’s take a look inside this IC. The 555 Timer has three astable, monostable and bistable mode. It is used to produce time delay and a square wave of a wide range of frequencies. It can be found wast variety of electronic devices. The 555 Timer was designed by Hans Camenzind in 1971.
