On Thu, 12 May 2011 17:55:33 +0100, "Ian Field"
wrote:
Running at the full Vcc of 16V and the full frequency of 500kHz the 555 got
so hot I had to add a clip-on heatsink.
Tried slowing it down to about 140kHz and the heatsink still gets pretty
warm.
Is this normal?
Thanks.
Post your schematic or a link to it.
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