[sdiy] 4042 latch question

[mark verbos]

You could try putting some resistors to the + supply in betweent he 
chips. Maybe it will be pulled up to switching between +3 and +8 insted 
of ground and +5 then, That woudl work I think.

mark

Peter Grenader wrote:

>You've got to be kidding me.  So it ain't so!  To quote Bart Simpson
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>"Oh Mee-aan"
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>You mean i'm going to have to install...transistors????  i hate having to
>duts with transistors.  Would a 4050 see that 5 volt high? (its quoted as
>being able to do voltage converstions).
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>thanks for this and let me know,
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>P
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>Paul Schreiber wrote:
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>>CMOS switches at .3VCC and .7VCC. So for a +12V system, the HI threshold is
>>8.4V.
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>>Paul S.
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>>>if it's running off of +12, is there any reason the latches will not respond
>>>to an input where the high state of the D inputs only goes to 5 volts?
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