I am going to design a digital monostable for use in various projects.
I will use digital delay lines DS1023, these come in various flavours 250 pS, 1nS, 2nS, 5nS
i will design so the 1nS,2nS can be used.
If 1nS chips are used then the monostable will allow a pulse width of 0-512nS in steps of 1nS
if 2nS chips are used then the pulse width will be 0-999nS in steps of 2nS
I will allow this to be set in software for display purposes and then it's just a case of plugging in the chosen chip.
everything will be through hole for easy construction.
A 3 digit 7-segment display will show the set pulse width.
The value will be set using a rotary thumb encoder, a switch on the shaft can be used to store the current setting for instant power up value.
I will provide a fast ttl buffer stage for the output pulse.
Input supply voltage 7-30V, on board 5v regulator.
Anything else people require or any other suggestions and i will see what i can do.
What plug does everyone want with the output pulse to appear on BNC???
another option would be to use 1 off 1nS & 1off 2nS chips in series to produce 0-768nS in 1nS steps, i will add this function in software.
The first thing for me to do, is check they are still available at a reasonable price, they never were that easy to get but are available from Maxim.
I will also check to see if other brands are available as it has been about 5 or 6 years since i used this device.
Peter
Looking forward to your further development of this. Maybe adding a couple of power FET sections with driver chips would also be good.
Regards, ION
Hi ION
I can add a fet driver, so therefore we could have 0-5V out & Push/Pull 4 Amps 0-18V output.
I have found the DS1123 to be more easily available and half the price so will go with this, it's exactly the same as the DS1023 but a 3.3V device, this is not a problem as my PIC will work down to 2V and i was going to use a MC74VHC1GT08 OR gate buffer which work well as logic level translators 3.3V -> 5V anyway.
Output will be configurable for PWM or pulse delay so in theory 2 of these boards could be connected to phase delay and then PWM a signal.
I'm working on the diagram O0
OK here's the first draft
Turns out although i can chain multiple chips for longer delay or phase shift i cannot chain for PWM which means i am stuck at using a single delay chip.
Therefore the specs will be 0-255nS in 1nS steps using the DS1123-100
or
0-512nS in 2nS steps using the DS1123-200
Still need to add Fet Push/Pull 4A Driver O0
OK added FET driver
OK final circuit and pcb
I used smaller sma sockets for pulse Input & Output
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