Simple timer circuit?
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 at
7:02 pm
what is the easiest and cheapest way to have, say a light bulb on a simple DC circuit, switch off after 5 minutes. What electronic component does this?
Tagged with: circuit switch • dc circuit • electronic component • light bulb
Filed under: Electronic Timer Circuit
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The component one would usually use is called a “555″.
http://www.talkingelectronics.com/projects/555/Page1-555.html
The key words for your application are “monostable” or “one-shot”.