Sorry, I should have made it more clearly...
A 60Hz, 5 volt(peak) timing signal comes from a function generator, and it would be a sine wave. Now, I have to convert that sine wave into a square wave with also 60 Hz and 5v output for the clock of the ICs. Don't know if I am making any sense here...
I am probably thinking too simplistic, could that conversion of sine to square wave be done with just a schmitt trigger IC (like 7414)?
I am petty noobish in this topic, so it would be great if you can explain in a simple way or even provide some schematics...