All the flip-flops are not clocked\u00a0<\/span>simultaneously.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n
There is no connection between the output of\u00a0<\/span>one flip-flop and the clock of the another flip-flop.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Only fixed sequence of states can be\u00a0<\/span>designed by using these counters.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Design and implementation become tedious and\u00a0<\/span>complex as the number of states increases.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Operation is slower as the clock must be\u00a0<\/span>propagated through all the flip-flops before <\/span>reaching the last flip-flop.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n 1. To create time delays. << Previous<\/a> | Next >><\/a> A digital counter is a set of flip-flops whose states change in response to the pulses applied at the input<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1291,5],"tags":[1347,1346,1496,1494,1436,1497,1443,1345,1344,1495],"class_list":["post-4563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boolean-algebra","category-ee","tag-applications-of-the-counters","tag-binary-counter","tag-counting-circuits","tag-decade-counter","tag-digital-logic","tag-electronics-design","tag-logic-gates","tag-mod","tag-modulus-of-the-counter","tag-up-down-counter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n \n Any required sequence of states can be\u00a0<\/span>designed by using these counters.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Design and implementation is very simple\u00a0<\/span>even for more number of states (if they are\u00a0<\/span>in proper sequence).<\/span><\/td>\n \n \n \n Operation is faster, as all the flip-flops get the\u00a0<\/span>clock simultaneously.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Decoding errors will occur.<\/span><\/td>\n No decoding errors will occur.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n e.g. Ripple up counter, Ripple down counter<\/span><\/td>\n e.g. Ring counter, Johnson counter.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Modulus of the Counter<\/h3>\n
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Applications of the Counters<\/h3>\n
\n2. To generate a required sequence of bits.
\n3. To produce non sequential binary counts.
\n4. Used as frequency divider circuits.
\n5. To count the number of clock pulses (or) number of items in an industry.
\n6. To perform the timing function as in digital watches.
\n7. To calculate the pulse repetition rate.
\n8 For distance measurement in RADAR system.
\n9. Used in analog to digital conversion circuits.<\/p>\n
\n Must Read: <\/strong> What is Boolean algebra?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"