Lab assignment 3:

Part-2:
Design of Free-running (Astable) Multivibrator and calculations of
frequency and duty cycle through graph:

The specifications for Free running multi-vibrator is 10 kHz, 90%.

Figure shows the schematic diagram of Astable multivibrator

Calculations:
The capacitor starts charging though the resistors R1(RA) and R2(RB).
Now capacitor starts charging and discharging between 1/3Vcc and 2/3Vcc.
Now let us assume t1 and t2 be time taken by capacitor for charging and
discharging between 1 /3Vcc and 2/ 3Vcc respectively.
1 1
Given, frequency = 10KHz. Then, time period(T) = =
frequency 10000
T −high
Given, duty cycle of waveform =90 %
T −total
So, for obtaining the duty cycle using standard resistor and capacitor values we
can use:
R1 =620 ohm, R2 = 82ohm, C = 0.18uf
PROBLEM3:

Design a monostable multi-vibrator with specifications:

Positive edge-triggered, 400us pulse width
Figure shows the schematic diagram of Monostable Multi vibrator

Calculation:
Let T be the time the 555 timer is in unstable state
From calculation we get R1 = 200ohm and c1 is taken as 1.8 uf.