Digital Counter

[dlkosmas1]

Does anyone know how to design a digital counter that produces a specific number of non-sequential number? for example( decimal) : 1,5,3,7,9,12
and then repeat it using flip flops? If you know any good site i would appreciate it

 

[Guest]

Well take an normal counter.Attach an AND gate to its output such that it selcts the number you require.

 

[dlkosmas1]

Yes i could,but i dont want to.I want to design it from scratch using D or JK flip flops

 

[audioguru2]

Dl,
Do you want to build a random number generator?

 

[dlkosmas1]

NO IT IS A SPECIFIC SEQUENCE OF NUMBERS,FOR EXAMPLE : 2,5,8,2,9,1 AND THEN START OVER

 

[MP1]

where are these numbers going? are they pulses? are they displayed on a LED displayed on a LCD? tones?

MP

 

[Guest]

I feel its impossible to make the counter from a D flip flop or JK flip flop. These FF increase or decrease by the count of 1. You cannot get the sequence which you need.

 

[MP1]

It sounds as if you are looking for combinations of modulo counters, which you want to construct. Here is a link that might help you:
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phys3330/PDF/Experiment10.pdf

My personal method would be to use a microcontroller. One chip would do it all and more.

MP

 

[dlkosmas1]

MP:the outputs are connected to LEDs which i want ot be turned ON using the outputs from the flip flops.

thnx for the .pdf

 

[Guest]

What do you want to use simple LEDs or a LED display?
Dont mind but i want to ask why do you only want to make it from scratch? ???
Where do you want to apply it?

 

[dlkosmas1]

Ok,i did it using 4 D flip flop and present state-Next state tables.Then with Karno maps i found the logical equation for each output(LED)
Complex but yet doable.

It is easy to do it using a microprossecor.I just want to start programmin PLDs.

 

[dlkosmas1]

TO moderatorLease move this thread to the appropriate column.I posted it here by mistake