Transient on 555/556 input

JordanCClark

I'm in need of some advice, since I seem to be wavering on this one.

The application is sensing the presence of a Passive Entry antenna as a poka-yoke in an assembly process.

This circuit is using one half of a 556 timer to send a 1k-ish Hz signal through the antenna to the other half of the 556 set up as a retriggerable one-shot. Running it through simulatoin right now, and while it looks okay, I wonder if the transients caused by the antenna should be a red flag or not.

I stuck a zener in there that clips it okay, but do I really need it, with the high input impedance of the timer?

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

I suspect that the ringing you see may have more to do with how the circuit is being probed than with inherent issues in the circuit itself. Is your scope's ground lead short, and is it clipped very close to the signal you're looking at?

-Phil

JordanCClark

This is purely from the simulator.