Digital Circuit Fundamentals 1 Unit 3 – Synchronous Counter
NEW TERMS AND WORDS
monolithic - a manufacturing process or concept whereby a complete system, like your counter,
is fabricated as a single micorcircuit.
synchronous - on your counter, it refers to simultaneous output state changes occurring with a
common CLOCK input.
overflow - on your UP counter, the condition generated when you increment the 1111 count
state.
underflow - on your DOWN counter, the condition generated when you decrement the 0000
counter state.
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED
F.A.C.E.T. base unit
Multimeter
Oscilloscope, dual trace
DIGITAL CIRCUIT FUNDAMENTALS 1 circuit board