Hello. I am trying to learn about electronics and have no background in it. I am not able to figure out how to generate a pulse from closing a switch. Here is a description of my entire project:
I have a micro switch with a NO and a NC position. I want to create a less than 1 second pulse in both positions. I thought a monostable circuit would be the answer so I prototyped one a breadboard using a 555 timer before I realized that the trigger must be shorter than the the set time. Turns out that the output is continuous if the input is continuous in the configuration that I made. I can't find an example of a monostable that will accept a continuous trigger. It would be great to end up with a clean square output, but I'm not sure it will be necessary. The output will be used to invoke an RF remote control (on and off). Thank you for any help.
Mike