Put the NE555 with the deepening on the left side in front of you. The illustration shows you the pins and their functions. You recognize how the NE555 is supplied with power: On PIN 1 (0V) and PIN 8 (In these experiments +9V).
On the NE555 a timer circuit is preprogrammed, consisting mainly of two comparators and a RS-latch. This is shown in the internal circuit diagram...
A brief description of the pins...
|1||GND||GROUND||Ground (0 V)||Exp. 1|
|2||TRIG||TRIGGER||Sets the timer.||Exp. 4|
|3||OUT||OUTPUT||Output of the timers||Exp. 3|
|4||RESET||RESET||Forced reset of the timer.||Exp. 6|
|5||CTRL||CONTROL||Reference voltage||Exp. 2|
|6||THR||THRESHOLD||Resets the timer.||Exp. 5|
|7||DIS||DISCHARGE||Open-Kollektor outout||Exp. 7,8,9|
|8||Vcc||Supply voltage ( 3 - 15 V )||Exp. 1|
In the following experiments the functioning of the individual inputs and outputs become clearly...