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I would like to be able to rotate through 3 states (A, B, A+B) with one momentary push button (M) as follows:

  • starting state: A is high, B is high
  • after having pressed on M a 1st time : A is high, B is low
  • after having pressed on M a 2nd time : A is low, B is high
  • after having pressed on M : back to starting state

I designed a circuit achieving this behavior as a falstad simulation. It seems to work fine, however it requires 2 flipflops, 2 OR gates, 1 NOR, 1 XOR and 1 AND gate.

Is there any way to simplify it ? Or are you aware of an IC able to achieve this kind of behavior with less parts involved ?

Thank you a lot for your help.

Note: The logic is meant to energize 2 different relays. The starting state can be different as the one above (but at least A or B must be high).

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  • \$\begingroup\$ it's a 2 bit binary counter ... counts 0 to 2 ... outputs are taken from Q' \$\endgroup\$
    – jsotola
    Oct 10, 2020 at 23:47
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    \$\begingroup\$ Should be able to do it with 2 FFs and one gate to eliminate the 4th state. \$\endgroup\$
    – user16324
    Oct 10, 2020 at 23:48

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I just deleted all the output gates. and picked the flip-flop terminals that followd your rules.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Thank you, I was just overcomplicating things :-) \$\endgroup\$
    – Kraal
    Oct 11, 2020 at 0:09

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