555 Output Swing Fixed to 5V

I was going nuts trying to figure out why the 555 output in my sim would not go higher than 5 volts, even though I applied 12 volts to VCC! Then it hit me, the 555 must be considered a Digital Element. Is this correct? And if so, why the heck does it have a VCC pin?

Feature Request: allow the output of the 555 to be driven from VCC and not 5 volts.

by ReverseEMF
January 09, 2013

Been there, done that:

https://www.circuitlab.com/forums/support/topic/5yc7a6mu/bug-report-high-level-voltage-at-output-pin-of-cl-555-timer/

:)

by signality
January 09, 2013

Sorry. I did a search but didn't find that.

by ReverseEMF
January 09, 2013

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