
Den sammanfattande tabellen över astabila, monostabila och bistabila vippor i andra stycket ger en klar bild om vad det handlar om:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivibrator
There are three types of multivibrator circuit:
- astable, in which the circuit is not stable in either state—it continuously oscillates from one state to the other.
- monostable, in which one of the states is stable, but the other is not—the circuit will flip into the unstable state for a determined period, but will eventually return to the stable state. Such a circuit is useful for creating a timing period of fixed duration in response to some external event. This circuit is also known as a one shot. A common application is in eliminating switch bounce.
- bistable, in which the circuit will remain in either state indefinitely. The circuit can be flipped from one state to the other by an external event or trigger. Such a circuit is important as the fundamental building block of a register or memory device. This circuit is also known as a flip-flop.
http://www.falstad.com/circuit/e-multivib-a.html