VIDYAVIKAS INSTITUTE OF

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Project Title: - COUNTDOWN TIMER
Under the guidance of,
Ms. Rakshitha R
Assistant Professor Submitted by,
Dept of CSE VVIET,
Mysore Preethi G 4VM18IS025
Sirith N 4VM18IS034
Sushanth Rao 4VM19IS401
Krishna Sham P 4VM19IS402
CONTENTS: -

1) Objectives
2) Introduction
3) Literature survey
4) Proposed system
5) Advantages
6) Bibliography
 1) Objectives
• Timers were designed to inform the user that a
specific time period set by him has passed.
• It can be designed as per our needs like a simple
analog timer, a digital timer or a timer equipped with a
stopwatch for assisting in various needs.
• These timers are essential in many aspects such as
they are used in computers for job scheduling by the
operating system and sometimes in traffic signals.
2) Introduction
A timer is specialized type of clock which is used to
measure time intervals. A timer that counts numbers in
a reverse order fashion from the number mentioned by
the user to zero is often called a counter. A timer that
counts from zero to upwards is often called a
stopwatch. There are several other types of timers
such as:
1) Hardware timers
2) Software timers
Here we try to demonstrate how to design a simple
timer with a simple c program.
3) Literature survey
These timers or timekeeping devices were invented for
measuring and keeping track of time. Ancient
timekeeping devices include:
1) Candle clock.
2) Time stick.
3) Hourglass.
4) Sundial.
Then we moved on inventing
mechanical clocks which were soon replaced by
digital circuitry clocks. Nowadays software clocks
have replaced all of these standing as a prominent one.
 4) Proposed system
Timers now come in computers and cell phones as a
system application as they are much needed for job
scheduling to be done easier.
As these devices need the assist of timers for storing
data and its information they all are compatible for the
use of such timers. A simple timer application with
counter and stopwatch feature are well suited for these
devices and also compatible with them.
Working procedure
Examples for counters
Examples for stopwatch
 5) Advantages
Here we discuss only about the advantages of software
timers on all types of timers. The software timers
mainly rely on the program and the system while
hardware timers like digital timers rely on electrical
components like pumps and mechanical timers rely on
levers and a rotating medium set for a particular value.
The software timers is believed to be most accurate
than other timers as others suffer delay/glitch or some
physical damage. Nowadays mobile applications can
be developed to create timers with personalised
options for ourselves.
6) Bibliography
1.www.geeksforgeeks.com
2.www.stackoverflow.com
3.www.wikipedia.org
4.www.quora.com
5.www.daniweb.com