Counters Chapter 17 Subject: Digital System Year: 2009

3 Overview Asynchronous and synchronous binary counters 2 bit asynchronous binary counter 2 bit synchronous binary counter

Asynchronous and synchronous The term asynchronous refers to events that do not have a fixed time relationship with each other and, generally, do not occur at the same time. An asynchronous counter is one in which the flip-flops (FF) within the counter do not change states at exactly the same time because they do not have a common clock pulse. The term synchronous refers to events that have a fixed time relationship with each other. A synchronous counter is one in which all the flip-flops in the counter are clocked at the same time by a common clock pulse. Bina Nusantara University 4

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