Design a circuit to take binary inputs and display a number on the counter. The counter needs to display the number 2 followed by 4 to indicate the current year the coursework was done (i.e., 2024). Then, this will be followed by your unique OUC student ID number (person number). This means that everybody will have a unique problem to solve as no two students have the same student number. As an example, if your student number is 123456, your counter needs to display 24123456.

I have done the the top part, I am confused with this bottom one!

Each of the wires on the counter below corresponds to a segment in the counter. If the wires on the counter are labelled a to g from left to right, the wires relate to the segments as follows:



Provide a brief description of how you will modify your circuit to display the number sequence in binary, using an 8-bit binary number representation for each number. Try and think how you will make the modifications using as few gates as possible. (NOTE: only a brief textual description is required, you do not need to draw the actual logic circuit.)

 

Each digit (2, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) will be represented in 8-bit binary:

• 2 → 00000010
• 4 → 00000100
• 1 → 00000001
• 3 → 00000011
• 5 → 00000101
• 6 → 00000110

Use a counter (e.g., a 3-bit or 4-bit binary counter) to step through the digits in sequence.

 

Each digit (2, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) will be represented in 8-bit binary:

• 2 → 00000010
• 4 → 00000100
• 1 → 00000001
• 3 → 00000011
• 5 → 00000101
• 6 → 00000110

Use a counter (e.g., a 3-bit or 4-bit binary counter) to step through the digits in sequence.

I am using digital works, and if I am to do that does it mean if I want to display 24 I will append, 00000010 to 00000100 and step through them?

 

the problem is that I am not finding the question intuitive. The modification part is confusing!

 

For example, I have this. A sequencer has 00, and B has 01. It's displaying 21. How can I modify this to display an 8 bit representation of those numbers?