Hi all, I started a new thread, because my previous one (in General Chat) had a thread title that wasn't related to the project...the question became a discussion about the project itself, and so I figured I'd start a new thread to get people to take a look at it for what it is.
Anyways, I took the instructables Binary Clock (http://www.instructables.com/id/Binary-Clock/) schematic and with Sgt. Wookie and Bill Marsden, I managed to get some pretty decent changes made to it. It's much smoother in operation, but I wanted to run my new plan by everyone here and see how it looks.
I've since added the 4013 to divide the 2Hz 4060 output into a 1hz output, so I no longer have to skip the first bit on the seconds 4024 counter.
The project, for its size is already rather IC heavy. Is there a smaller profile way to do the work of the 4013? Does anyone see any "reduction" in profile that can be done anywhere else without losing any power?
I'm also interested in any ideas anyone may have in regards to powering the clock and counter with 3V watch battery and the LED's with external 9V power. It would require receiving a signal from the 3V circuit and lighting the LED's with a different voltage source. I can think of several ways, but all of them would require a LOT of components.
Anyways, here's my original thread: http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/showthread.php?t=64099
And I'm attaching the latest Schematic from Eagle.
Anyways, I took the instructables Binary Clock (http://www.instructables.com/id/Binary-Clock/) schematic and with Sgt. Wookie and Bill Marsden, I managed to get some pretty decent changes made to it. It's much smoother in operation, but I wanted to run my new plan by everyone here and see how it looks.
I've since added the 4013 to divide the 2Hz 4060 output into a 1hz output, so I no longer have to skip the first bit on the seconds 4024 counter.
The project, for its size is already rather IC heavy. Is there a smaller profile way to do the work of the 4013? Does anyone see any "reduction" in profile that can be done anywhere else without losing any power?
I'm also interested in any ideas anyone may have in regards to powering the clock and counter with 3V watch battery and the LED's with external 9V power. It would require receiving a signal from the 3V circuit and lighting the LED's with a different voltage source. I can think of several ways, but all of them would require a LOT of components.
Anyways, here's my original thread: http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/showthread.php?t=64099
And I'm attaching the latest Schematic from Eagle.
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