what are differences between timers and counters

 

anybody know the differences between timers and counters

 

Hello,

Here are two pages of the EDUCYPEDIA.
The first one is about counters:
http://www.educypedia.be/electronics/digitacounters.htm
As the name says counters are devices that count pulses.

The second one is about timers and oscillators :
http://www.educypedia.be/electronics/digitatimers.htm
Timers are devices that can give pulses of a wanted size.

On these pages there are many links to find.

Greetings,
Bertus

 

One could say that a timer is a counter that clocks at definite intervals.

 

been there, done that.

http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/showthread.php?t=14485

Steve