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Digital Experiment

This document outlines a digital experiment for designing a hardware system to count time intervals and display the results on a seven-segment display using various ICs including a 555 timer, 7490 decade counter, and 7447 display driver. The procedure details the setup of the circuit on a breadboard, including configurations for the timer and counters, as well as connections for the display. An additional task is proposed to design a reset circuit for the counters using BJTs and a push button.

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Digital Experiment

This document outlines a digital experiment for designing a hardware system to count time intervals and display the results on a seven-segment display using various ICs including a 555 timer, 7490 decade counter, and 7447 display driver. The procedure details the setup of the circuit on a breadboard, including configurations for the timer and counters, as well as connections for the display. An additional task is proposed to design a reset circuit for the counters using BJTs and a push button.

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Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur

Electronics Laboratory
Digital Experiment - 1
Keep the power supply voltage at 5V for all digital ICs!

Introduction
In this experiment, we will design a digital hardware system to count an interval of time and
display it on a seven-segment display.

Components Used
• ICs: 555(Timer), 7490(Decade Counter), 7447(Display Driver)
• Seven Segment Display
• Resistors
• Capacitors
• Breadboard and Wires

Pinout Diagrams

555 7490 7447

Block Level Diagram

Procedure
1. Use the breadboard space judiciously! You have to place two counter ICs, two decoder ICs,
a 555 timer IC and two seven segment displays with additional resistors and capacitors as
required.
2. Connect the 555 timer IC in “Astable” configuration. The formula for output frequency is
given by -
𝑡𝑜𝑛 = 0.693 × 𝑅2 × 𝐶

𝑡𝑜𝑓𝑓 = 0.693(𝑅1 + 𝑅2 )𝐶

1 1.44
𝑓= =
𝑇 (𝑅1 + 2𝑅2 )𝐶

3. Choose the resistors of the Astable timer properly, such that your output frequency is close
to 1Hz. Choose the nearest available values in the lab. It need not be exactly 1Hz. Test your
output using the oscilloscope.

4. Place two counter ICs on the breadboard. Set one to mod-10 configuration (decade
counter) and set the other to mod-6 configuration. Put the counters in cascade such that the
MSB output from the mod-10 counter drives the CLOCK input to the mod-6 counter (to create
a mod-60 counter).

5. Place the BCD to seven-segment display decoder ICs (7447) and the seven segment displays
on the breadboard. Make the necessary connections to obtain proper output from the
displays. Ensure that current-limiting resistors are in place.

6. Turn on the power supply and observe your circuit working.

Additional Task - Can you design a circuit to reset both the counter ICs? Try to do it using BJTs
only (additionally a push button can be used, and no additional Gate ICs should be used).

Appendix
IC 555 Astable Configuration -
IC 7490 in mod-6 Configuration -
Here we utilize the internal NAND gate connected to the Reset pins 2 and 3 of the 7490 (or
7493). They reset the counter to 0000 when both the RESET pins are HIGH.

6 = (0110)2
So, we can connect QB and QC in this case to the respective reset pins of the IC. The resistors
R1 and R2 may not be necessary.

Similarly, one can make a mod-10 counter using an IC 7493. (10 = (1010)2 )
The resistors are used to prevent accidental grounding (or short to battery) the outputs which
can damage the IC.

(One possible solution to additional task, students may come up with other methods as well.)

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