So I am trying some new ideas in a few areas.
But a stumbling block that always hits me is voltage loss or amperage loss or gain loss... im not sure which.
But lets say you have a 555 timer and you want to use it as the clock.
And you want to run 1 decade off of it, that uses 4 numbers and counts to 9999 using 4 subsequent decade counters...
Logic says.
555 timer clock powers decade timer
Decade timer 1 outputs clock signal to second decade timer.
But this never seems to work due to voltage drop.
What I want to know is, and I know its an amateur question... But I have no idea.
And I have been searching for months for a solution... off and on.
How do I prevent that drop in voltage or make that decade counters output signal enough to be seen by the next counter as a clock signal.
What am I missing (without having to go to school to be an engineer(working on that too))
But a stumbling block that always hits me is voltage loss or amperage loss or gain loss... im not sure which.
But lets say you have a 555 timer and you want to use it as the clock.
And you want to run 1 decade off of it, that uses 4 numbers and counts to 9999 using 4 subsequent decade counters...
Logic says.
555 timer clock powers decade timer
Decade timer 1 outputs clock signal to second decade timer.
But this never seems to work due to voltage drop.
What I want to know is, and I know its an amateur question... But I have no idea.
And I have been searching for months for a solution... off and on.
How do I prevent that drop in voltage or make that decade counters output signal enough to be seen by the next counter as a clock signal.
What am I missing (without having to go to school to be an engineer(working on that too))