DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL

EDUCATION ANDHRA PRADESH

 Name : D.RAVI KUMAR
 Designation : Lecturer in ECE

 Branch : Electronics & Communication Engg.

 Institute : Andhra polytechnic
 Year/Semester : III Semester
 Subject : Digital Electronics
 Subject code : CM-305
 Topic : Counters & Registers(10/20)
 Sub Topic : Decade counter using 7490 & 7493 &
Applications of counters.
 Duration : 50min.
 Teaching aids : PPT & ANIMATIONS
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 Objectives
Upon the completion of the this topic the you would be able
to know

3. To design a Mod-5 counter and decade counter using 7490.

5. To design a decade counter and Mod-16 counter using

7493.

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 Recap
• List the different counters that can be designed with 7490?
 7490 can be used to design either Mod-5 counter or Mod-10
counter.

• How 7492 can be used?

 It can be used to design either Mod-6 counter or Mod-12
counter.

• How 7493 can be used?

 It can be used to design any asynchronous counter of
modulus less than 16.

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7490 as a decade counter

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 Design procedure
• To design the Mod-10 ripple counter using 7490 the MR
inputs i.e. Pins 2 & 3 and the MS inputs i.e. Pins 6 & 7
must be kept at LOW.

• Pin 12 must be connected to Pin 1.

 External clock signal must be applied at Pin 14.

• Output is to be taken at Pins 11,8,9 &12 respectively.

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7490 as a Mod-5 counter

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 Design procedure
 To design the Mod-5 ripple counter using 7490 the MR
inputs i.e. Pins 2 & 3 and the MS inputs i.e. Pins 6 & 7
must be kept at LOW.

 Pins -12 and 14 must be kept open.

 External clock signal must be applied at Pin 1.

 Output is to be taken at Pins-11,8,& 9 respectively.

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7493 as a decade counter

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 Design procedure
 To design a decade counter using 7493 Pin-12 must be
connected to the Pin-1.

 Q1 and Q3 must be connected to the reset inputs R01 and

R02.

 External clock input must be give to Pin-14.

 Output has to be taken at Pins-11,8,9, and 12

respectively.

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7493 as a Mod-16 counter

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 Design procedure
 To design a decade counter using 7493 Pin-12 must be
connected to the Pin-1.

 A high signal must be connected to the reset inputs R01

and R02.

 External clock input must be give to Pin-14.

 Output has to be taken at Pins-11,8,9, and 12

respectively.

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 Applications of ripple counters
 Digital clocks.

 Frequency dividers.

 Parallel to serial data conversion.

 Auto parking control.

 Industrial digital control system.

 Counting machines.

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 Drawbacks of ripple
counters
• Propagation delay is the major
drawback in these counters
• Because it limits the rate at which
the counter can be clocked and
creates decoding problems
• Low speed of operation
• These counters should be forced to
recycle to obtain truncated sequence

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 Summary
• In this topic we have drawn the decade counter using
7490.

• We have drawn the mod-5 counter using 7490.

• We have drawn the decade counter using 7493.

• And we have drawn the mod-16 counter using 7493.

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 Review questions

1. Draw the decade counter using 7490.

3. Draw the mod-5 counter using 7492.

5. Draw the decade counter using 7493.

7. Draw the mod-16 counter using 7493

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