555-4026b-7segment Counter Circuit.

[Les Jones]

You could probably buy one ready made on ebay for less than the price of parts to build one. I did a search for "LCD counter" and found this one that might meet your needs.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LCD-Punc...335809?hash=item2a57f589c1:g:MDYAAOSwpDdVcpN8

Les.

 

[AnalogKid]

Just to put another iron in the fire, I wounder if an LCD version of the counter would be worth considering- it would certainly use less power
spec

For someone relatively inexperienced, an LCD interface is a lot of concepts to grasp and pins to solder, and is difficult to troubleshoot should something not work.

ak

 

[spec]

For someone relatively inexperienced, an LCD interface is a lot of concepts to grasp and pins to solder, and is difficult to troubleshoot should something not work.

ak

Yeah, I suppose so.

spec

 

[AnalogKid]

You could probably buy one ready made on ebay for less than the price of parts to build one. I did a search for "LCD counter" and found this one that might meet your needs.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LCD-Punch-Counter-Digital-5-Digit-including-proximity-switch-strong-magnetic-/181864335809?hash=item2a57f589c1:g:MDYAAOSwpDdVcpN8

That rapidly is becoming the default response to about 50% of the circuit design questions on this and other sites. I've amassed a ton of electronic components, but if I need just one part for some small perf-board project, it's cheaper to buy the whole thing from china assembled and tested on a PC board. That is both terrific for some levels of beginners, and a possible path to the end of circuit design as we know it for others.

ak