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well, an update, i've made a 2digit counter, it works great! and at 00 it stops dead in it tracks and latches and output open!
i started working on my next one, and again i find myself held up at adding a third digit, what happen's is it loads the inputs, and then i start the timer. 300 299 298.. see my problem, its not right.
im thinkning of going to a PIC, i buying my PIC programmer tomorrow.
what i've desided is to go with 4output for BCD and 4 output of Digit selection. (like a multiplexer)
any help with programing would really rock!
i also had a thought of 4 input BCD input, like 1100 = 3, this would be on digit 1, then 0111 to go to next digit, then 1010 = 5, on digit 2, ... you get the picture! lol
let me know if anyone can help! cheers.