[sdiy] Another new hard to find part....

[john mahoney]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Patchell" <patchell at cox.net>


Re: 74HC283
> It is very handy for generating counter functions.  While it may at first
> blush seem like killing flies with atom bombs, it is an easy, no fuss...no
> muss way of making almost any kind of imaginable counter.  I used the 283
> also in the Mikado sequencer.  To make a 4 bit up-down counter you need
> only the 283 and a four bit D-FlipFlop register.

It looks as though an alternative, although not pin compatible, would be the
CD4008. Whaddya think?

My plan for a 16-step sequencer was to use Thomas Henry's Superseque as a
starting point, which uses the 4516 binary up/down counter. I see where the
4516 is not as flexible as the '283 or 4008, so I will have to reevaluate.
--
john

P.S. The Superseque article appeared in Electronic Musician Vol. 1, No. 1
(!), from June 1985, and is also found in T. Henry's "Reprints" book.