produces a single pulse that stays high or low for a fixed amount of time.
An input signal called a trigger must be applied to activate the one-shot.
The amount of time that the pulse stays high or low depends on external
resistors and capacitors to the one-shot. This device is used to delay,
reshape, and/or eliminate mechanical switch bounce.
There are two types of one-shots. Retriggerable one-shots allow the oneshot to be fired while the output is still activated. This allows the output to
stay activated for a longer time that the device was configured for. A nonretriggerable one-shot cannot be retriggered while the output is activated.
For this one-shot the output must complete its cycle, return to its resting
state and then be triggered again.
The schematic diagram below shows how a 74121 may be wired. Here
we are using pin 5 (B) for the input trigger signal which will fire on a high
input pulse. When a trigger input activates the device, the Q output will
go HIGH as illustrated in the timing diagram. The length of the pulse is
determined by the formula Tw = .33 * Cext * Rext.