I need to build a circuit to create a 5 volt peak to peak square wave, that is 5 volts high and 0 volts low. How can I add a 2.5V DC offset to one of the standard simple 555 timer oscillator circuits? The circuit will be operating around 500 khz (exact frequency doesn't matter).
I wasn't sure if I put a Zener diode in the ground pin to the timer chip or I floated it above ground with a voltage divider if that would work.
If this is not a workable idea, is there a circuit that I could build to feed the output of my function generator into that would allow me to add a voltage offset (can I do this with an opamp?)
Thanks for any advice.
Chris
I wasn't sure if I put a Zener diode in the ground pin to the timer chip or I floated it above ground with a voltage divider if that would work.
If this is not a workable idea, is there a circuit that I could build to feed the output of my function generator into that would allow me to add a voltage offset (can I do this with an opamp?)
Thanks for any advice.
Chris