Clock and Load functions, with Load being the first function described. U5, CD4013, performs the load function by controlling whether the shift register ICs are in the parallel or serial mode. For 99. 99% of the time, the shift registers are in the serial mode. In the serial mode, each shift register will cycle bits through the register, left to right. With each clock pulse, the
Click here to download the full size of the above Circuit.
bit present on the serial input of the shift register will enter the shift register, and the bit present in the eighth position of the shift register will pass out of the shift register. In the parallel mode, each shift register will "look at" the bits programmed on its parallel inputs. The pattern switches set these bits. The switch to and from the parallel mode is a very fast operation - this mode looks at the bit pattern programmed by the pattern switches only long enough to load the data, then the shift registers revert back to serial mode. Two shift register control signals are generated by U5. When the PSA signal goes high, it puts the shift registers in the serial mode. Immediately afterwards, the R Async signal goes high. When R Async goes high, it clocks the parallel data into the shift registers on its rising edge. Nearly as soon as it goes high, R Async goes low, which in turn causes PSA to go low, which puts the shift registers back in serial mode. The CD4013 calls these shots, and it is told to do so by the rising edge of a pulse applied to the clock pin of its first stage (pin 3). There are three events that can produce this triggering event: The rising edge of the signal applied to U5, pin 3, clocks the first section`s Q signal (pin 1) high. This pulls the PSA signal high. When PSA is high, the two shift register ICs are put into the parallel mode. When PSA ("Q" pin 1 of U5) transitions from low to high, the...
This project fits more for custom made battery casing that can have more space to hide things inside. This switch with few alterations can be used for any other project as well but is designed based on e-bike needs! This project use a clever functionality of....
The circuit described here uses ultrasonic oscillations and operates based on the propagation velocity of these oscillations in the air. Thus, we can easily determine the distance of two points if the time within which the wave travels this distance is....
Sometimes the precious metals are hidden too deep and are not detected except with complicated devices. In many cases, however, small pieces of precious metal buried near the surface can be detected by relatively simple means. Everyone is very attractive to....
Many times for various reasons we forget or can not water the plants that we have in our homes. And many humidity sensors units just notify us with a beeping sound or with a flashing light, that the pot needs watering. But what if we are away from home? This....
The principle behind a metal detector is really very simple. Proof of this is the circuit that follows, in which it proves that the construction of a metal detector can be done in the minute, with few components that we find very easily everywhere. With the....
The sub-harmonic bass generator is a sound producing unit for guitars. The sound it produces looks very much like that of the bass guitar. The octave generator is sometimes quite unusual since it does not produce any of the usual ways of coloring the sound,....
In the past the sounding (sea bottom measurement) was done with the "bullet", that is, with a heavy lead object that the seamen plucked into the sea hung from a calibrated rope. As soon as the "bullet" reached the bottom, the depth appeared directly from the....
This Amplifier was designed to have the following specifications: Distortion less than 0.1% at full power of 100W even at 20KHz. Power has to be attributed to an extended bandwidth. The output transistors must be protected against short circuits. The power....
A series of LEDs serve to alert the gardener when plants need water. Using two conventional digital integrated LEDs and a series of LEDs, we make a very useful device for gardening. The device detects the amount of water in the pot and alerts the grower.....
characters left: