GM, Virus
From the 4QD website: In a practical low voltage controller the switch opens and closes at 20kHz (20 thousand times per second). This is far too fast for the poor old motor to even realise it is being switched on and off: it thinks it is being fed from a pure d.c. voltage. It is also...
Hello, Audioguru
Man, I respect your longevity on this forum and your experience, but I must disagree with you on your circuit for this project, in that it does not follow proper operation procedure for the 555 timer.
Thank you, audio
A very excellent explanation of ripple effect and the almost universal necessity of using bypass capacitors in many circuits.
Failed to answer my question, though.
AllVol
Hello, Virus
As long as you are still breadboarding, you could go ahead with the original 555 circuit to see what happens.
But before you do, make the changes to Audioguru's latest circuit, to conform to the textbook version.
Okay, Virus, maybe this will clear it all up.
In my attachment below, audioguru's version of the 555 as a pulse width generator is compared with the textbook version, as offered by the 555 Timer Pro program from the Schematica web site.