Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
2 Hour(s) 3 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Vivek Dwivedi
Rating
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Course Overview
From Basics to Advanced: Timing Circuits, PWM, Frequency Design & Applications
The 555 Timer IC is one of the most powerful and widely used integrated circuits in electronics history. Decades after its invention, engineers across the USA, India, Germany, Japan, and beyond still use it in automation systems, robotics labs, industrial controllers, and embedded products.
In this course, you will master the 555 Timer from the ground up — not just by memorizing formulas, but by truly understanding how it works internally and how to design real circuits confidently.
We begin with the fundamentals of voltage, current, and capacitor charging so even beginners feel comfortable. Then we open up the 555 Timer and explore its internal architecture — comparators, flip-flop, discharge transistor, and voltage divider network.
From there, you will design circuits in all three modes:
• Monostable (one-shot timers)
• Astable (oscillators)
• Bistable (flip-flop mode)
You will learn how to calculate time delay, frequency, and duty cycle accurately. Every formula is explained clearly and derived step by step.
But this course is not just theory.
You will build real-world projects such as:
• LED flashers
• PWM motor speed controllers
• Alarm and tone generators
• Traffic light timers
• Industrial delay circuits
You will also learn how to simulate circuits using tools like Proteus or LTSpice and troubleshoot common mistakes.
By the end of this course, you will confidently design timing circuits, understand when to use a 555 instead of a microcontroller, and think like a practical electronics engineer.
Whether you are an undergraduate student, postgraduate researcher, hobbyist, robotics enthusiast, or working professional, this course will give you strong analog electronics design skills that remain relevant in modern engineering.
Let’s start building real circuits.
Course Content
- 1 section(s)
- 7 lecture(s)
- Section 1 555 Timer IC , Internal Structure,Features and Applications
What You’ll Learn
- Master 555 Timer IC Architecture, Understand 555 Timer internal circuit, comparators, flip-flop, trigger/threshold levels, and analog electronics fundamentals., Students will be able to have a complete understanding of the IC 555 Internal Block Diagram,Functioning and its Application in Developing Circuits, Study of IC 555 as Multivibrator ( Astable,Bistable and Monostable),Pulse width Modulator,Pulse Position Modulator and as a Waveform Generator, Solved Examples,Numericals,Datasheet study and Ready Reckoner Notes for Exams and Viva conducted in Universities, Build Real-World 555 Applications and Create practical projects like LED flashers, alarms, PWM motor control, and traffic timers.
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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DDavid Martin
I have built circuits from examples for years, but I am beginning to understand how it works! Highly recommend! Looking forward to updates!
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DDan lesko
Yes
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MMiguel Rossi
Very good explanation of how a 555 works. Will you add those few more lectures you mention in a previous rating? It would be great to see an application in the real world, if possible, too. Thanks!
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DDavid Martinuk
As an absolute beginner on the subject I learned so much allready then any other video that I have watched. Everything was well explained and I could follow along with ease.
