Why are two LEDs on? is 7489 broken?

Question

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I have attempted to draw a schematics of my setup for the 7489 below. Without the switch closed, the LED D1 is on. Then the switch is closed, then also LED D5 comes on. If I connect the ME to high, then this behavior does not change. Also, if say D2 is brought high with the other inputs low, then all the LEDs are off.

Does this mean that I am doing something wrong, or have I broken the chip?

(I have also tried inserting pull up resistors (1kOhm to 4.7 kOhm) on the address inputs.)

^{simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab}

Answer 1

This is a memory IC, so it remembers the state of D1-D4 when ME is low and you pulse WE low. The leds that should be OFF are R1, R2, and R3. R4 should be ON.

To change which LED's are ON you need to change the state of the memory inputs (D1-D4), then bring WE low then high again and see the change.

The data outputs of this IC are inverted, so to turn an LED 'ON' you need to connect the corresponding input to V+. Your only using address '0' (A0 - A3 are low), so toggling the ME pin has no effect. If it is high (V+), it will disable any changes to the memory, but not affect existing memory and the outputs.

The pdf sheet on this part specifies a load of -12mA as being a safe maximum load, as a current sink. At 330 ohm's the LED current is only 6mA. If the IC's output is irrational then it is oscillating or it is blown. Add a .1uF capacitor to the power pins and a 10K pull-up resistor to the WE pin for stability.

If you turn off the power this memory will forget its contents and all LED's should be OFF.

Answer 2

You have all of the address pins constantly held low giving the address 0000, you have all of the data bits held low except for bit 1 giving a nibble (or word in the datasheet) of 0001. Using !ME and !WE (to replace the overscore notatation used for active low in the datasheet) - you have !ME always low, and (hopefully) can toggle !WE low by closing the switch - it might be worth pulling this high with a resistor when you're not trying to write, but that might be irrelevant - at the moment you've got two possible control states: !ME Lo !WE Hi, and !ME Lo and !We Lo, the truth table on the data sheet says that if both are low (the state when you have the switch closed), all data outputs will be Hi. If !ME alone is lo and !We is Hi, then you'll be in read rather than write mode, and the four outputs will show the COMPLIMENT of the inputs for the nibble you're addressing (since you've got a fixed address and a fixed input of 0001, you should see a fixed output of 1110) - so you shouldn't really see any change between holding the button or not except in the diode attached to S1 - taking !ME high should leave outputs high. When you say LED1, do you mean LED 1 in your schematic (attached to S4) or do you mean D2 (attached to S1)? Ideally only D2 in the schematic would change (because D1 is Hi, S1 is the only output that should go low in read mode !ME lo !We Hi), if you're in write mode (both controls !ME and !WE lo) then all outputs should be high, as they should be if you take !ME high regardless of the !WE state - and if they're high they shouldn't be able to light the LEDs