I wanted to have an astable pulse trigger a monostable, using the 555 timer. The main issue here is in that the trigger-pulse that's sent to the monostable 555 can't be longer than the output pulse, unless you add a 'trigger guard' of sorts.
The below schematic does the trick:
The 555 on the left is the astable, it pulses every approx 4-5 seconds. Its output is sent to the input of the 555 to the right, the monostable, which pulses for a significantly lower duration as opposed to its input pulse.
This could be used for an egg-timer, for example, where a variable resistor sounds a buzzer at a selected interval.
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SvarSletHello Harish,
SvarSletthanks for the encouraging words! As a developer - and electronics tinkerer - I'm every day searching through forums and other people's blogs to find solutions to some of the technical problems I face, and as such I thought it important that I try and repay that, somehow. Very glad to learn it was useful to you. Do you have a blog yourself? I encourage you to start one if not; even posting just three-four times a year about the tiniest thing may be just what some poor guy needs to get his project going. Good luck to you.