Ken Varone
New Member
Hello! DECADE COUNTER MULTIPLE OUTPUT QUESTION
New member here. I am trying to figure out how I can incorporate an off the shelf alarm clock to a decade counter, so that I can have an output every hour, for 24 hours. I've studied up on the 4017 decade counter and have put together a 555 timer and 4017 chip circuit board, but I'm not sure what is the best way to connect it to an alarm clock, preferably an inexpensive, small, digital one.
I volunteer as an EMT with my fire department, and one of my neighbors asked me if I knew of a 24 hour alarm clock, that she could put in front of her elderly Mom's webcam, so that she can see if she's correctly taking her meds during the day. Using a cell phone app is beyond her Mom... I figure that if I could integrate several 4017s to an alarm clock that "goes off" every hour as a timing pulse, it would work perfectly. She would easily see if her Mom didn't take her meds, because her Mom would turn off the alarm after she took meds. I would also set it up with an alarm to notify/remind her Mom to take her meds.
Thank you so much in advance, and if anyone has any questions on pneumatics (Valves, cylinders, etc), please let me know, as that's what I do for a living (No monies involved, just glad to help!).
Ken Varone, Long Island, New York
New member here. I am trying to figure out how I can incorporate an off the shelf alarm clock to a decade counter, so that I can have an output every hour, for 24 hours. I've studied up on the 4017 decade counter and have put together a 555 timer and 4017 chip circuit board, but I'm not sure what is the best way to connect it to an alarm clock, preferably an inexpensive, small, digital one.
I volunteer as an EMT with my fire department, and one of my neighbors asked me if I knew of a 24 hour alarm clock, that she could put in front of her elderly Mom's webcam, so that she can see if she's correctly taking her meds during the day. Using a cell phone app is beyond her Mom... I figure that if I could integrate several 4017s to an alarm clock that "goes off" every hour as a timing pulse, it would work perfectly. She would easily see if her Mom didn't take her meds, because her Mom would turn off the alarm after she took meds. I would also set it up with an alarm to notify/remind her Mom to take her meds.
Thank you so much in advance, and if anyone has any questions on pneumatics (Valves, cylinders, etc), please let me know, as that's what I do for a living (No monies involved, just glad to help!).
Ken Varone, Long Island, New York