Hi, I need a divide by 2 "flip flop" logic device, and rather than add an entire new flip flop IC to the design I have 3 spare NAND gates.
Does anyone know if it is possible to make a divide by 2 type flip flop using just the 3 NAND gates?
The input is a logic level 0v-5v square wave with a duty of 40-60%, somewhere around 10kHz and I need an output at half the frequency and 50% duty cycle. It doesn't matter if it triggers from the / edge or the \ edge of the input signal, as long as it divides by 2 and gets exactly 50% duty.
I have made S/R flip flops from NAND gates, which just takes 2 gates, so maybe it's possible to add another NAND gate and make it a toggle type (divide by 2) flip flop? I've been working with PICs for so many years that I'm rusty on the fine details of working with discrete logic gates, I think the last time I tried to make something complex out of gates was in the late 70's.
Thank you.
Does anyone know if it is possible to make a divide by 2 type flip flop using just the 3 NAND gates?
The input is a logic level 0v-5v square wave with a duty of 40-60%, somewhere around 10kHz and I need an output at half the frequency and 50% duty cycle. It doesn't matter if it triggers from the / edge or the \ edge of the input signal, as long as it divides by 2 and gets exactly 50% duty.
I have made S/R flip flops from NAND gates, which just takes 2 gates, so maybe it's possible to add another NAND gate and make it a toggle type (divide by 2) flip flop? I've been working with PICs for so many years that I'm rusty on the fine details of working with discrete logic gates, I think the last time I tried to make something complex out of gates was in the late 70's.
Thank you.