DM54LS191

These circuits are synchronous reversible updown coun-ters The LS191 is a 4-bit binary counter and the LS190 is a BCD counter ynchronous operation is provided by having all flip-flops clocked simultaneously so that the outputs change simultaneously when so instructed by the steering logic This mode of operation eliminates the output counting spikes normally associated with asynchronous (ripple clock)counters

The outputs of the four master-slave flip-flops are triggered on a low-to-high level transition of the clock input if the enable input is low A high at the enable input inhibits count-ing Level changes at either the enable input or the down up input should be made only when the clock input is high The direction of the count is determined by the level of the downup input When low the counter counts up and when
high it counts down

These counters are fully programmable that is the outputs may be preset to either level by placing a low on the load input and entering the desired data at the data inputs The output will change independent of the level of the clock in-put This feature allows the counters to be used as modulo-N dividers by simply modifying the count length with the preset inputs

The clock downup and load inputs are buffered to lower the drive requirement which significantly reduces the num-ber of clock drivers etc required for long parallel words

Two outputs have been made available to perform the cas-cading function ripple clock and maximumminimum count The latter output produces a high-level output pulse with a duration approximately equal to one complete cycle of the clock when the counter overflows or underflows The ripple clock output produces a low-level output pulse equal in width to the low-level portion of the clock input when anoverflow or underflow condition exists The counters can be easily cascaded by feeding the ripple clock output to the enable input of the succeeding counter if parallel clocking is used or to the clock input if parallel enabling is used The maximumminimum count output can be used to accom-plish look-ahead for high-speed operation