I've wired up a 74164 and for some odd reason I'm not getting the results I'm expecting...
Basically I have the CLK pin connected to positive connection with a resistor between and so far it wont count, but if I connect a floating connected wire to CLK or CLR. It works. 0.o
But only for a little bit and then it stops and it wont do it again until I restart the IC.
I also find it odd that the IC will randomly pick a number when it starts back up and after it counts one, it jumps to 255 after a second.
P.S I have the output pins connected to LEDs and do I have to connect CLK to a waveform such as a triangle wave or square wave just so this IC works?
Did I fry the IC or something?
http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ProdDS/49681TI.pdf
Basically I have the CLK pin connected to positive connection with a resistor between and so far it wont count, but if I connect a floating connected wire to CLK or CLR. It works. 0.o
But only for a little bit and then it stops and it wont do it again until I restart the IC.
I also find it odd that the IC will randomly pick a number when it starts back up and after it counts one, it jumps to 255 after a second.
P.S I have the output pins connected to LEDs and do I have to connect CLK to a waveform such as a triangle wave or square wave just so this IC works?
Did I fry the IC or something?
http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ProdDS/49681TI.pdf