design of down counter using T flipflops

[analog_prodigy]

Hi,

Could anybody give me idea how to design 8-bit down counter using T Flipflops

 

[hakeen]

Hi

I know a design for both up-down counter (with two inputs). You might use it also only for down counter, I guess

**broken link removed**

Under thema "up/down counters"

 

[DigitalLogician]

Here is a place with a lot of counters: **broken link removed**. That link should be able to help with visualization.

You need 4 T ff and nothing more.
1) connect all the T ff to an input signal 1
2) connect the clock input of the first T ff to an actual clock signal
3) connect the clock input of each succeeding T ff to the Q output of the ff that precedes it.
4) the T ff outputs also serve as your output bits
5) the T ff connect to the actual clock is Q0
6) the other T ffs in the chain are Q1, Q2, and Q3 respectively.
7) Q3 is of course your most significant bit.
8 ) Note about the clock connections: C0 = actual clock; C1 = Q0; C2 = Q1; C3= Q2

The teahlab link I give you has plenty of visualization help.

Good luck!