Digital Electronics

UNIT V Design of Hazard Free Digital Circuits

 Block Diagram of Digital Clock
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 Divide by 10 counter used in Digital Clock
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 Divide by 6 counter used in Digital Clock
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 Operation of Digital Clock
• The 4 blocks of a digital clock are
• 1 Hz clock generator is used to generate 1 PPS (pulse
per second) signal to the seconds block.
• SECONDS block - It contains a divide by 10 circuit
followed by a divide by 6 circuit. This will generate a 1
PPM (pulse per minute) signal to the minutes block. The
BCD outputs are connected to the BCD to Seven
Segment circuit(BCD To seven segment decoder/driver
followed by 7-segment display) to display the seconds
values. Two seven segment displays are needed to
display seconds.

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 Block Diagram of Digital Clock
• MINUTES block - It is identical to the seconds block it
contains 2 dividers; a divide by 10 followed by a divide
by 6. It will generate a 1 PPH (pulse per hour) signal to
the HOURS block. The BCD outputs are connected to
the BCD to Seven Segment circuit to display the minutes
values. Two seven segment displays are needed to
display the minutes.
• HOURS block - Indian railways follow the 24H clock.
Therefore, it will have a divide 24 circuit to count from
00 to 23. The BCD outputs are connected to the BCD to
Seven Segment circuit to display the hours values. Two
seven segment displays are needed to display the
minutes.
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