555 Timer

Calculate NE555 timer frequency, period, and duty cycle in astable mode, pulse width in monostable mode, or design R1/R2 from a target frequency and duty cycle with standard E-series values.

Frequency
6.87 Hz
Duty Cycle
52.38 %
Period (T) 145.6 ms
High time (tโ‚) 76.25 ms
Low time (tโ‚‚) 69.31 ms
Live Simulation
10.3ร— slower than real
NE5557 DIS6 THR2 TRIGOUT 3841+9 VGNDR1R2CR
โ…” Vcc โ…“ Vcc
Vc
0.00 V
Output
HIGH
State
Charging ยท #0
CH1 VcCH2 OUTโ…”โ…“43.7 ms/div

tโ‚ = 0.693 ร— (R1 + R2) ร— C ยท tโ‚‚ = 0.693 ร— R2 ร— C ยท f = 1 / (tโ‚ + tโ‚‚)