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BLOCK DIAGRAM ss | “Paty iawncks acsuruier rian ide ee OT ECT CCIRCUITS i. ; t BASIC _MonoSTABLE TT BASIC ASTABLE BOuNCERREE switen [INFORMATION IN Tis Book. iT 1S YOUR it 7 al TT “TOUGH, ACTIVATED. switéH 8 q 10 RestoNSibILity TO DETERMINE if WE, SME CDR MAWUFACTURE OF LaNY O&vice THAT INeoRfonares: “weeRanoN Wis “cook OANEAINGES |AUY RATELTS, GHPYRIGHTS ok HER. RIGHTS. TIMER Plus RELAY || CASCADED TIMER DYE Te THE MANY CUSTOMER inquiRiEs cI “Tigreepeicdee tee i RECEIVED @Y RADIO SHACK AND THE AUTHOR, MISSING puLse_DeTecTor | ah Ir IMPOSSIBLE. TO. ANSWER Requesrs Fok BveNT [EAuRe (ALAA is AbDINDNAL INFORMATION Custom cmc FReQuenicy | oven Teak DESIGNS, TECHNICAL ADVICE, TROUBLESHOOTING. MOLTAGE- CONTROLLED OSC MLATOR 1s ADVICE, ETC), | BUT THOUGH WE | CANNOT PULSE GENERATOR, de ACKNQWLEDCE | INDIVIDUAL. INQUIRIES, WE Peete etek a Wit BE RAPPY TO RECEIVE MWY COMMENTS, t poop Loscudaraa)MetapNalae. ia IMPRESSIONS, SUGGESTIONS AND INFORMATION’ | Toy! Okan Te [ ptout) susPecres €&RORS IW THIS. 00K. GatED,__pscitcaroR 10. 4 | CuiRP GENERATOR rat | TTAANES in AovaWee Te THOSE oF | you | Sretpeo=tope, gebeRaTaR eh | woo WRITE! BUT PLEASE REMEMBER We || Br Stake NE GENERATE 251 [wis RE URARLE "1b RESPOND. PERSONALLY. “TOE BuRsT GENERATOR 24 | Peet Zo, tects Seaton 8 | itakene = a Foust fa tab omwek as i Fonme ae rectok u Ineenaeo secant hain & AAs’ Lgeranue mansuurren 35 Annee Lenrawe ReceweR af betie’ conventte otiINTRODUCTION THE SSS TIMER IS ONE OF THE (MOST POPULAR AND VERSATILE INTEGRATED cigcUiTS | EVER PROOUCED.| sc _WNCLUOES 23 TRANSISTORS, 2 pivees (De RESISTORS [ON A SILICON CHIP INSTALLED IS AN @-PIN Mil DUAL“IN=LINE PACKAGE CDI). THE SSe 15 A 14-PIN OIP TRAT. COMBINES TWO S5S's [ON] A SINGLE CHIP. Also AVAILAWE ARE LLTRA-LOw MOWER VERSIONS OF THE SSS. SWE SSS_HAS TWO PRISCILE OPERATING MODES! OND STARE MODE IN THIS MODE THE 555 Teuuetions AS A "ONE SHOT." APPLICATIONS INCLUDE TIMERS, MISSING. PULSE DETECTION, [ouncerree Switches, TOUCH swiTcHes, ETC. ASTAGLE. Nove - TE 55S cAn) OPERATE AS | AN OSCILLATOR. USES IcLUDE. LED. AND LanP FLASHERS, PULSE GENERATION, Loci cuocKs, | | [TONE GENERATION, secvarTy ALARMS, ETC, CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY Ties (BIKD “TEST VERSIONS oF CIRCUITS ov PLasnc | -SOLDERLESS BREADEOARD. REFORE MAKING THEM PERMANENT, IN) MONOSTABLE CIRCUITS whéRE FALSE TRIGGERING MIGHT CAUSE PROBLEMS, TIE AN 5 TO GROUND. VIA A. Od uF CAPACITOR. IF POWER LEADS ARE LONG oR IF A ciRcuIT SEEMS TO MACEUNICTION, PLACE A OL nF CAPACITOR AcRoss PINS. 8 AND 1. A IAF GAPE ITOR MAY Also GE NECESSARY, Be SuRE 7O_EXPER)MENT WIA, VALUES of TIMING. RESISTORS AND CAPACITORS. THE BASIC CIRCUITS On PR G-7 EXPLAIN. THE ROLE THESE Tl cepewenrs PLAY, REMEMBER maT THE S5U4_REPLACES. TWO _SSS's. | Low-POWER VERSIONS OF TRE SSS MAY REQURE REVISIONS TO. STANOARD | 55S ciRcuITS. FOR MORE TIPS, SEE THE RADIO SHACK | BOOK ‘gerne “STaRHED.. 1! ELE ¢rRowics,” am Sone 45/1 4s) 37. mA 4070.15 mis 200. mA-Cnasibn) hoo mw @ x 7ot ¢ purrr coRRenT POWER DissiPATION OPERATING TEMPERATURE 2 VALUES Shown APRY TD NESSS (PIN Mui-DiP). 2 QuipUT. ELOP au reer ‘STAGE i facet Hr f |ed te Poe Cs Ses ean Hager MONOSTABLE CIRCUIT. - Vee (5 40 +15v) uke Seder} ‘Avo tRleceR Inipur Mone | le S TARILY Low aes a4 to Reser RESET TIMING CHAE, 555. OTHERWise Sam KEEP Reser TRIGGER A Meee atiy || eur Is her ELE owasrasie 1 eg oie aor ry O1AE ire tm Rech eS ‘chaRce (E15 inoerensenr Gisaa on ch a) fe BERE AWS 2 AND & ARE conectED seme ANECATIVE [TREGER PULSE AT PIN 2 TURNS Cikcoet WiLL TRIGGER ITSELF BAC imine | GFF | TRANSISTOR THAT OTHERWISE SHORTS Ch CLE) THEREEY. FUNCTIONING _AS_AN logclLCATOR. 1D GROUND. THE oUT®UT THEN. GoES HIGH AS Cu Gkadces micwau Rt Ave a2 tur BicchaRces CL CHARGES) THROUGH RL. WHEN | THE CHARGE 16H RZ, |THE CHARGE ON Ci RANGES, ON Ci is 2/3 Veeq THE (SSS DISCHARGES cL TD Filo 4/3. vée| te 4/8) Vee, THE, OSEicbATION | GROUND. TRE ouTPUT THEN Goes Low. L FREQUENCY 1b INDEPENDENT OF |Vec. 100 oa 4. sp\_lagel-- i {a6 | laeei 1 4 tap pS Se AEC see hte ste see | TIME BELAY Ce)CH-ACTLVATED- SWITCH s5 7p ti5v | Se ° EH -BOUNCEFREE! igure et iM peat +12V “TIMER “PLUS RELAY. ot ann et TSs5. bz wats p al RELAY (sea, 150 To a 500 2) I CLOSING |SL_MOMENTARILY SEGINS A t TIMING CYCLE. THE RELAY 15_ACTUATED. | DURING ME EATWKE CYCLE, RL_AND G1 “CONTROL TIME DELAY, ct PREVENTS FALSE TRIGGERING. D2 ABSORES VOLTAGE GENERATED BY RECAY coll WHEN RELAY 1S SWITCHED OFF, USE CAUTION WHEN. CONNECTING LINE “POWERED DEVICES To RELAY | CONWECTIONS. TYPICAL DELAYS __(Seconbs) Ri | cis dour (| c1=100 wk 100K 2 1 220K 3 33 470K é 70. iM 4s 115gor4_TIMERS Age! conmecteD —__ IN THEIR. okE-SHoT | MoDe. kounowe THe TRIGGER | neu Stags Time.e t wnicH | THEN STARTS TIMER Z, | TIMER 115 CONNECTED AS ASTARLE _ OSCILLATOR WHICH OSCKLCATES _AT_A_FREQUENCY DETERMINED BY Ri AND Ci. TIMER 2 ISA ONE=SMOT THAT DRWES A RELAY VIA D4. TIMER 2 TRIGGERS TIMER 2 ONCE PER cycle FoR 31> 5 Seconps. TIMER 4 cow 5) TIMER 2 ¢ r Reta) Teray roo nL Tiesuay rues dte ~@ event FAILURE ALARM Pert tt 1 “MISSING! PULSE DETECTOR ss Totsy Vv aaah ee 8 ci ser t Time DELAY. Sch: orm 4 Ae oer PiEZ0 t , _ Se228R E pe F i ae pot net T stat. | etd eal conrad DeLay | sr|_Time delay 7m SuIGRTLY Exceed. I | nve setween) me as | J nicomine fuses. ea: 22 AF te aE thcoming PULSES | CONTINUALLY RESET LTAE_TIMING |, CYCLE. A. MISSING... PLESE. Mioud we | nate Biete no get ontereD,”caaeine NAL t mn | WMEN POWER IS APPLIED, Ci BEGINS To CHARGE THROUGH. 2. UNLESS S115. CloseD SERORE THE SSS TIMING Gade IS COMPLETED, THE Gu27ER | wilt SoUND. Si icaw [ee any lexreew Ac swocn. coor * Tone } } —— | ies tous: on , : Quake fo Pee es os ee? CHARGE “Ww on | ay a cL $14] tat‘i FREQUENCY DIVIDER ° ene =CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR | 1 [eSTORISV tis cancun) Algo. FStOFISy ett SQUARES SLOWLY. ie TEs iss a ~ eile f an “236 | 1s Na | ery a i ‘SPER a2 Pint ra ft 100k ae EEEEEEE EERE sss 100k aa { asl te] ft 3 é por mm — FF eesaragey ct VOTRE -O1.E OR TYPICAL wiPUT. ay ab Awd gute WAVE COX his a oeehans : + oon eee USE_To PROVIDE VARIABLE INPUT VacTAGE Te eur FREQUENCY, Wen. TesTING cream [IN mws cikevit, THe SSS) 15 lcoswecreD| THe BS5_OscicATES AT A FREQUENCY ASA MoNO STABLE MULTIIERATOR. once |_| DETERMINED @y RZ AND ci. A YotTAGE | | A THING CYCLE) (S INITIATED SY AN. INPVT__ APPLIED 7D THE INPUT) CHANGES THE | PULSE, SUBSEQUENT INfvT ALSES HAVE No | OSCILLATION FREQUENCY | OF THE] SSS, AS EFFECK UNTIL CYCLE 1S _|COMPLETED. SHOWN THE INPUT VOLTAGE INCREASES, THE bE BELOW |ARE TYPICAL, infvT_ANo pur Put WAM | OSCILLATION. FREQUENCY DECREASES. FOR creams (Clr 04 af, 22 VARIED In VALUE). | MPRE owe, OMIT 81, AND connect” PKR TD (| SRowno. THROUGH 4.7) 4 | CAPACITOR. t oo Liveur. i | VOLTAGE, SPEAKER TOME FREQUENCY+4 Peer “PULSE GENERATOR 5% +isy USE FREQUENCY 2K To ADD. ci TAGLE TD. SELECT (AMPLIFIER. Lo \eoa= use J Raj ano ction | 1 Ol | | conbect PIN 818 i I FREaueNcy, METER ch T = on FACING PASE. lyse AS) DIGITAL Losic _cuocK PULSE, Pare (GENERATOR, SIGNAL GEWERATOR, ETC. Tis ocr a-siineus_cigcort meAsutes uno] } FREQUENCY SIGNALS. INR SlewAL, SxoULE | FREQUENCY TABLE (FREduENciEs IW He) | | | Race FROM) ps 1S vats. FOR TESTING, | I COMECT PULSE GERERATOR ON FACING | Pace [DIRECT | To. PIN 2 ComiT_cH).. RE, i Emel geben bioe sagan lenges tt Ht470 40,480 lanysza 46) 300 13, 622 2) to 4950 33530 pats ay 332 44134 "sou [sao +o02% Li tooss hon-Limenr, arta ye Mae eer t FYE~ AUDIO OSCILLATOR 7 METRONOME” : +9V . i piezo SLEMENT (wnpsto) Cauntnout Blue INTERNAL ORveR eugeuiT) Tas, RS. 1s oPrional vouume conrace LI | sexe ar RESISTOR. WE, Pct. lon x. 1000.2. { O11 nF ee . aE. (mits ciecbir wile! rumetion with e:THER anny Berd loutPUT | DEVICES. THE SPEAKER GIVES MORE VOLUME, BUT USES MORE. —_ | compet, use a3) Fo Reouce | Vorume. LC UAERE ARE TYPICAL FREQUENCIES FOR Vaaious. SermisGs! oF RI! | bsciaror (cs.o1F) METRONOME (Cis ipF) | coef te fox| ta a cl uo] et fio fool 94 Tretia otal hak YOUR VALUES MAY VARY, tie Aca Scab } pezo eives nuss Soup, G23 CLL { eneaertors._| ‘ok tol Ab. ADDITIONAL sear 1k PoTEATIONeTER, SETWSENCA AND SPKR | ol_conrRod| UoLuMe. FReqvencdda) |d TAS _ciRcvIT Witt _AlLow You To switeH ME TONE, GENERATED BY THE 55S._BY Logic “Si6wat. is) AY, EXTERNAL Switch THE TONE Conmect NIG GATE _ oF Qi iro |+\V\ OR GROUND. THRoLan 1M RESISTOR. RL AND CL. conreon BE CONNECTED AS! TAD EXTERNAL THE TRIANGULAR SYMBOL. Logic GATE. ON PSD. OFF. [FRequency. A switch Age DestioveD | 8¥_ STATIC “spc EXPOSED. LEADS. OLLo\W| HANDLING | PRECAUTIONS. on PACKAGE, THIS cincuiT APPLIES (sRIEF puLses pF CURRENT To. _A S16Z0 fUZZER (RADIO SHACK T a Tig-065 [ok SIMWAR). THis KAlses THE, BUZZER TO EMIT) ATTENTION- GETTING Tie cieeuit| MaKes A Sood | oh Ri CONTROLS RATE OF CHIRPS. USE 100K Ehes deswtoR (FOR Agoun 2-3 cHiRtS ak scone. —Ehnees: {eon Lone ouaaTion pases. CluMien |BECOME TONE _SuRSTS). Gat ak ok Mant (Reeteue too tose A Resisron idetwen Pin) ia Usitig. Cas" pueroREnisTOR | FOR Bi, 4 { C3 | CobrROLS DURATION OF INCREASE CB| 70a FREQUENCY Fas AS. Ra, AsovED: 22 roarcaer career acter pL Recta Uren See aren ii teeta ances locator aren pete santa Ski FREQUENCY ouT Leia 8S Rae et et TEE ERE seek er EP PRERIEEE 4 i foe fr a | aaa fC St Ceauter asd t Ph ( BipeeiMent [oF Rt, G1,STONE “BURST” /GENERATOR lak nz, 1 Re ere. TRE peer SSS. pacuintes AT A || FAEauewey, OETERMINED ey. ALAND ct. ITS OUTPUT CHARGES C2 THROVGH. RB. THe Secoup S55 obciMes me OA FREQUENCY. DETERMINED €y_A7,.¢3 AND Te VouTAGE AT PS ie. ie CHARGE On C2). EXPERIMENT wit THE SerrinGs —-5@ Ri ANe AD] Aw TE WALES | Of Ro And. €2, To OETRW WAKeLeErpecrsn wines 'si Tis cussed, THe [SPEAKER | enn TAD TORE Whose FREQUENCY. Is DETERMINED. iy TRL Awe ch wWeN S115 OPENED, mE mine contibues fot SeveRal secon0s Tue TIME -REQURED OR C2. To DISCHARGE THROUGH R4, CREASE C2_TO. INCREASE suns puration. || cuarge | f | T I lon ChHe oT sige HT AND INFRARED — EMITTING DIODES. aed, GREEN ok veLlow LED i UIGhT FLASHER. Use NEAR— INFRARED | EMITTER 1D MAKE UTANSMITIER, lok. OR _pHoroTaA: To RECEWE | S\eNAL. {MaKe 8” wisi [1 Souag_ cei | vss | (ap TAMPLFIE! | conweGr FIEZ USED. SEE “GETTING [STARTED In ELECTRONICS (adie SHACK, paeunes SOME VERSIONS MAY. OPERATE. | when SSS 5 POWERED BY +eV, 555. 4 tok “sce setow. cL f Oe THs CiREUIT IS A, LIWEAR LAMP DIMMER. WW OPERATION, HE SSS. SwitcHeS Qi) ON AND. OFF AT ARATE. OeTERMMIED BY RL+RZ AND CL. WHEN Qi IS ON, LL 1S Ais0 OW. 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