Hello! I am just a beginner. Can anyone help me build a circuit for a 1Hz clock using Multisim by cascading two 4060 IC? I've been trying to copy some simulations online but can't generate a 1Hz clock. I am also confused with the pin layouts on Multisim and the actual layout of the IC.

 

Are you using a crystal? If so, what frequency?

 

Are you using a crystal? If so, what frequency?

I am using 32.768kHz

 

If you wire it up as in the datasheet, then you will get 32768/(2^14) which is 2Hz.
It is then probably easier to use 74HC74 or 4013 for the final divide by two than use another 4060.

 

If you wire it up as in the datasheet, then you will get 32768/(2^14) which is 2Hz.
It is then probably easier to use 74HC74 or 4013 for the final divide by two than use another 4060.

I also tried doing that, but when I connect an LED to Q13 pin (I don't know if it's the correct pin for 2Hz clock), it took more than 2 seconds to light up.

 

I also tried doing that, but when I connect an LED to Q13 pin (I don't know if it's the correct pin for 2Hz clock), it took more than 2 seconds to light up.

Also, in the datasheet, there is a pin for Q14 but in Multisim the IC only has up to Q13 pin, which I am so confused about.

 

Also, in the datasheet, there is a pin for Q14 but in Multisim the IC only has up to Q13 pin

I don't use Multisim. Does it start pin counts at 0 or 1?

 

I don't use Multisim. Does it start pin counts at 0 or 1?

It starts at pin 1

 

This old post might be useful
https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/...o-4060-ics-to-divide-crystal-frequency.89026/

 

I also tried doing that, but when I connect an LED to Q13 pin (I don't know if it's the correct pin for 2Hz clock), it took more than 2 seconds to light up.

You have conflated 2 Hz. (a frequency) with 2 seconds (a time period). Frequency and time have a reciprocal relationship. That is:

2 Hz = 2 cycles per second, where each cycle has a period of 1/2 Hz = 0.5 seconds. If the duty cycle of your counter output is 50% ON and 50% OFF, then during each period the output would be ON of HIGH for 250 milliseconds and OFF or LOW for 250 milliseconds.

 

Also, in the datasheet, there is a pin for Q14 but in Multisim the IC only has up to Q13 pin, which I am so confused about.

They are probably all one out, because one runs from 0 to 13, and one runs from 1 to 14. And yes, it is annoying.

 

I also tried doing that, but when I connect an LED to Q13 pin (I don't know if it's the correct pin for 2Hz clock), it took more than 2 seconds to light up.

a) Are you trying to say that the LED was ON for more than 2 seconds?
b) Take a timer and tell us how long is the LED staying ON and staying OFF for? ( A closest apprx. will be good enough)