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- From: johnh@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au (John Haddy)
- Subject: Re: Idea for LED sequencer
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.074755.21479@mailhost.ocs.mq.edu.au>
- Sender: johnh@macadam (John Haddy)
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- References: <1992Nov3.094923.44351@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 07:47:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov3.094923.44351@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, heacock@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Doug Heacock) writes:
- |> I'm putting together a quick-and-dirty circuit that will light 10
- |> LED's in sequence, one after the other. Here's my idea so far: I
- |> intend to use half of a 4011 (quad 2-input NAND gate) as a clock
- |> oscillator to drive half of a 4518 (dual synchronous up counter),
- |> which will in turn drive a 4028 (BCD-to-decimal decoder), which will
- |> actually drive the LED's. I was thinking I could connect all of the
- |> LED cathodes to ground through a single 330-ohm resistor, since only
- |> one would be lit at a time.
- |>
- |> Does this sound workable? I welcome more elegant solutions--these
- |> chips just happen to be the ones I have on hand at the moment.
- |> +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
- |> | Doug Heacock, Academic Computing | heacock@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu |
- |> | Services, The University of Kansas | heacock@ukanvax.bitnet |
- |> | Lawrence, KS 66045 | Amateur radio: N0NZQ |
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- Use a 4017 decade counter. One chip solution (plus maybe a couple of
- inverters/NAND gates for the oscillator).
-
- Note that you should use Schmitt input gates for making RC oscillators - current
- is minimised and the output will be cleaner, with a faster risetime.
-
- Actually, a 74HC4017 is capable of driving a high-efficiency LED directly (keep
- the current under 5mA or so). Yes, you can common-cathode the LEDs in this
- application.
-
- JohnH
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