The 4017 decade counter 2011-08-01

View attachment 54828This handy Decade Counter (or sometimes called a Johnson Counter) can be used in many circuits, I will guide you through the basics and show you an example circuit.

Overview

The 4017 IC introduced in 1968 and still popular today, is a 16-pin CMOS Decade Counter which is part of the 4000 series - a family of industry standard integrated circuits which implement a variety of logic functions. They were introduced as a lower power and more versatile...

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