[sdiy] Switch debounce

Peter Grenader peter at buzzclick-music.com
Thu Jan 27 23:24:38 CET 2005


it's an R/C you're after - so the value of the resistor Mark mentions will
dictate the capacitor value.

mark verbos wrote:

> do you have a resistor to ground after the cap?
> 
> Mark
> 
> Tom Arnold wrote:
> 
>> I'm having some troubles with a circuit that has simple switch debounce
>> stuph on it.  The circuit is a 4001 based clock generator going through a
>> .01uf cap, there is also another push button to do a manual pulse.  I get a
>> nice waveform out of the 4001, but going through the cap turns it into a
>> very momentary pulse which the logic following it doesnt seem to accept.
>> Same for the pushbutton.
>> 
>> Quite possible this cold is making me fuzzy enough that I'm not forming the
>> question correctly, but is .01uf a good value for this? ( given the limited
>> information I've provided. ).  At two places in the circuit ( which is
>> kitbashed from multiple other circuits ) I've used a .01 cap and in both
>> cases the logic following it doesnt see the momentary pulse as a clean
>> pulse, but I'd assume that the original circuit worked correctly.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 




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