I'm thinking about doing a project where I have basic components (hex inverter chips, breadboards, jumper wires, transistors, capacitors, etc.) and I create a simple computer. I've been trying to design a circuit that will have a clock (I don't want to use 555 chips for this challenge) and it will cycle through the outputs one by one, restarting once it reaches the end (see the truth table below).
T----IN----OUT1----OUT2----OUT3----OUT4
1----DC----on--------off----------off---------off
2----DC----off-------on-----------off---------off
3----DC----off-------off-----------on--------off
4----DC----off-------off-----------off--------on
5----DC----on------off------------off--------off
T represents time (probably 1T=10ms
), the DC
under IN
means that it's just steady dc voltage, and I think the rest is pretty self-explanatory. I really don't know what something like this would look like, so anything would help. Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
Would the attached schematic work (not gates inserting energy to the circuit)?
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
Quick input means just a quick burst of power (possibly a capacitor discharge) that sets off the whole circuit