Digital_Clock

This digital clock is designed using Logisim.

1. Circuits I used

I used several circuits which I made them into integrated circuits :

I will discuss in the following section what are these IC and explain why I built them.

7 segments 1 digit :This is a simple 7 segments 1 digit circuit (0 to 9), built using the build circuit tool in Logisim where I only entered the input table (0 to 9 in binary) and the output are 7 segments (a to g).
Synchronous counter divide by 10 : Also called in my simulation file ”counter div 10”, this is a normal synchronous 4 bits counter using 4 JK flip flops, usually this counter stops at the number 15 (1111 in binary) and starts again from 0 (0000 in binary), but using the clear method ,we take the bits that will be 1 when the output of the counter is 10 (1010 in binary) which are Q1 and Q3, put them through an AND gate and all the way to the clear inputs of all the JK flip flops so we get a divider by 10 that counts from 0 to 9.

Synchronous counter divide by 6 : Also called in our simulation file ”counter div 6”, same explanation as the counter div 10, but we stop when the output of the counter is 6 (0110) so we take to the AND gate Q2 and Q3.

Synchronous counter divide by 2 : Also called in our simulation file ”counter div 2”, simple synchronous 2 bits counter using JK flip flops and we want the counter to count only from 0 to 2 so we take into the input of the AND gate the bits that will be 1 when the output of the counter is 3 (11) so Q1 and Q2, all the way to the clear inputs of all the JK flip flops.

Synchronous counter divide input : Also called in our simulation file ”counter div input”, this is basically same as explained in counter_div_10, it is a synchronous counter div 10, but also it can be a divider for another number which is when the clock’ hours become more then 20 hours, we have to rest the clock at 23 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds to 0 hours 0 minutes and 0 seconds. So this IC takes an input which will be HIGH when the hour’s first digit is 2 and the second one becomes 4, both the AND gate for the divide by 10 and this new input divider go through an OR gate and all through the clear inputs of all the JK flip flops.

Clock Chip : In this circuit we are going to use 6 7 segments 1 digit circuits, 2 counters div 10, 2 counters div 6, 1 counter div input and 1 counter div 2. Note that every counter has an input called ”pause”, which pauses the counter while its a LOW input. first we start by a counter div 10 for the seconds (the pause will be always HIGH), we take from the output of the counter the 2 bits which represents the 1’s in 10 (1010) through an AND gate so it enters the pause input into a counter div 6 next to it (the other digit of the seconds).Same applied for the counter div 6 , we take the output of counter which represents the 1’s in 6 (0110) through an AND gate to be the pause for a counter div 10 (first digit of the minutes), then again same we use a counter div 6 (for the other digit of the minutes) and the pause application is the same as before we take the bits (1’s) of 6 (0110) through an AND gate all through the pause input of a counter div input for the first digit of the hours, for the divide input of this counter we take an AND gate that takes the 1’s of this counter when the output is 4 (0100) and the 1’s of the other hour’s digit when the output is 2 (0010). For the last counter of the other hour’s digit we use a counter div 2 we take the pause as the output of an OR gate that takes 2 inputs, the previous AND gate and an AND gate taking the 1’s of the previous counter when the output is 10 (1010).

Main : For this final circuit we take the clock chip which outputs 6 7 segments 1digit circuits ( a_i , b_i , c_i , d_i , e_i , f_i , g_i ) i going from 1 to 6. All theseoutputs go through 6 7-segments display and of course we give the clock chipa clock input