I'm working on a project that uses three 7-segment displays. My aim is to show the words 'CAT', 'DOG', and 'FOX' using the 3 displays, one word at at time with a 1 second delay in between.

To achieve this, I'm using a 74160 4-bit decade counter and a 555 Timer IC.

The 74160 will sequence the words, and the 555 Timer IC will handle the 1-second intervals. I'm looking for a simple way to program these words, as I find working with EEPROMs quite challenging.

Thanks in advance :)