How The 555 Timer Works (Astable Configuration)

In this video I go over the 555 Timer in the Astable Configuration. The 555 is one of the most popular Integrated Circuits in Electronics because the number of application in many types of circuits. Here we are going to learn about the basic configuration of a Timer as well as how to calculate the Period, frequency and duty cycle. In the second part we go more indepth into the inner workings of the 555 Timer
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00:10 applications of 555 timer
01:20 555 timer configurations
02:05 controlling the period of the pulse
03:42 555 timer functioning
04:55 period calculation formulas (time on and time off)
06:30 Pulse Repetition Frequency formula
07:00 Duty Cycle explanation and formula
09:45 Circuit Analysis of the internals of the 555 timer