can anyone advise me of a circuit to achieve up / down push button lap counting to drive a multi LED display, need to count from 00 to 99 in both directions.

 

You can use a Cd4029, Cd4510,Cd40110, up/down counter, there are others.

 

And don't forget to debounce your switches!

You'll also need two ICs to convert from BCD to 7 segment displays. (Or what do you mean by multi LED display?)

 

google : two digits up / down counter schematic
Maybe you can find one to match what need.

 

You could use a couple of CD40110's. It's a decade up/down counter with decoded outputs for a 7-segment display.

 

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You could use a couple of CD40110's. It's a decade up/down counter with decoded outputs for a 7-segment display.

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I've done a few circuits here doing just this:

Simple - no debounce so you could see numbers skipping. I don't recommend this, but it will help you to understand how the other circuits work.

Ideal - with debounce, works well. May want to change R4-R6 to 100kΩ and C17-C19 with 0.1uF to further increase debouncing capability for switches with a lot of bounce.

Extravagant - pushing up/down button once and releasing increases/decreases count by one; holding either button down will perform auto-repeat - digits will continue to advance for as long as you hold the button down. Also will flash the display and work with a remote module.

Although now I'd use a ULN2004 in place of the UDN2981 and flip the direction of the LED's (cheaper).