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BasicStamp2 and 4528 One Shot

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2001-06-18 18:26 in General Discussion
I've tried hooking up a 4528 one shot just like the "Positive One-
Shot" on page 27 of Forrest Mims' "Engineer's Notebook".

I want to trigger on a brief pulse so that my stamp can catch
the wider one-shot pulse in a loop.

I've got a 100uF electrolytic cap and a 10K resistor to set the pulse
width, which works out to .5RC so says Forest which figures out to
about a half a second.

No matter what I apply to pin 4 on the 4528 I can only get the one-
shot to send out the pulse when I first apply power to it

Anyone got any tips on one-shots?

Mark

Comments

  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-06-17 18:29
    Hi Mark, What are you doing with the unused pins? Burt Schultz
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-06-18 18:26
    Mark,
    You will have much better luck with a larger R and smaller C. The original
    RCA data sheets for the 4528 (and it's little brother the 4538) warn
    against large value electrolytic caps (100µF would qualify, here). I don't
    see it in the current data sheets from Motorola or National. They do,
    however, point out the other problem with large caps; the need to add a
    series reverse biased diode to Vdd to protect against power surges on power
    down.
    In non-retriggerable monostable mode with a rising edge trigger, connect
    pin 5 to 7, connect input to pin 4, connect pin 3 to Vdd, connect pin 1 to
    Vss (gnd), connect your cap between pin 1 and 2, connect your resistor
    between pin 16 (Vdd) and pin 2.
    Make sure that you tie unused inputs to ground on the unused section.
    Try a 1M resistor and a 1µF. You'll find it works just as well!
    Mike


    At 03:36 PM 6/17/2001 +0000, you wrote:
    >I've tried hooking up a 4528 one shot just like the "Positive One-
    >Shot" on page 27 of Forrest Mims' "Engineer's Notebook".
    >
    >I want to trigger on a brief pulse so that my stamp can catch
    >the wider one-shot pulse in a loop.
    >
    >I've got a 100uF electrolytic cap and a 10K resistor to set the pulse
    >width, which works out to .5RC so says Forest which figures out to
    >about a half a second.
    >
    >No matter what I apply to pin 4 on the 4528 I can only get the one-
    >shot to send out the pulse when I first apply power to it
    >
    >Anyone got any tips on one-shots?
    >
    >Mark
    >
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