Divider Question

[Christopher List]

> Can't you do this with a binary counter?  I mean, say you have a 4-bit 
counter,
> and you strobe it.  The results (over 8 cycles) will look like this:
>
> 0101010101010101 input/bit0
> 0011001100110011 bit1
> 0000111100001111 bit2
> 0000000011111111 bit3

> That's even PW, right?  I guess they're not in phase, but is that really 
important? :-)
> Isn't there a counter IC that can do this easily?  Or are there too many 
problems

Right. That's why I said the two and 4 are easy. It's the 3 and 5 that are 
difficult. The 3 goes "on" <<between>> the bit 0 turning off and the bit 1 
turning on.

Thanks for all the suggestions on this folks, glad I sparked some interest. As 
Don said I can see it's going to be a good learning experience :).

- Chris