[Lowfer] Question about decade counters

[Tom Norris]

 From what I remember, a "Johnson" decade counter is similar to any  
other with the exception of the last bit is fed back to the input.   
It's also referred to as a "ring counter"

Searching the web, I came up with some simple info

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_counter gives more details.  Or  
see the generic article at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter

Tom


On Jun 12, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Andy - KU4XR wrote:

Would someone explain the difference in a Decade Counter, and a  
Johnson Decade Counter ( 4017 series ), such as, how it performs its  
job in the circuit. I am gathering the parts to build a Kohler  
special, and he uses the 4017 series. Will any type of decade counter  
work, or does it really NEED to be the 4017 or equivalent chip ??  
Thanks for the info;
Andy - KU4XR




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