Dim Light Bulbs with 555 IC Circuit

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Dim 12V Light Bulb with 555 IC

Posted by Popescu Marian in 555, Lights with 5 comments Tagged with: analoglight dimmers

This light dimmer is used to dim the intensity of 12V light bulbs using the well-known 555 timer that is configured as an astable multivibrator. The pulses from pin 3 are used to control the VMOS transistor BUZ20, BUZ72 or 10N10. The maximum dissipated power must not exceed 40 watts. You may use the transistor without a heatsink if the power does not exceed 10 watts. The 555 IC powering is done through D2 diode and is filtered using C3 capacitor. The resistors can be 0.25W or 0.5W with a tolerance of 5%.

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5 Responses to Dim 12V Light Bulb with 555 IC

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Kuberkoos says: on April 21, 2013 at 6:15 pm

reply Will this circuit work as it is????

Popescu Marian says: on April 24, 2013 at 4:08 pm

reply Yes, it will, why do you ask?

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Kuberkoos says: on April 24, 2013 at 9:50 pm

reply When the lamp is in the on position, the voltagedrop over it is 12v minus Vdrop over the transistor: say 0,5V. Right? Then the voltage between the lamp/transistor/diode junction and Neg will be 0.5 volt. The 555 cannot operate on that.

Popescu Marian says: on April 24, 2013 at 11:33 pm

reply I think the light bulb was placed in the wrong place so I have modified the schematic and now I think is right.

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Kuberkoos says: on April 25, 2013 at 5:12 pm

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reply Ive made bigger boo-boos than that!

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