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Lauriers Handy Dandy Little Circuits: 6 Digit Counter Introduction construction-1 Construction-2 Construction-3 Download this project in PDF Note This 6 Digit Frequency Counter circuit and PCB was designed by Laurier Gendron. It is being made available to hobbyists for personal development only. It cannot be used for commercial purposes of any kind without previous written permission. ( 10 Feb.2001 ) Introduction BBased on the application of the three digit decoder driver chip MC14553 published in the Motorola data manual I undertook the task of designing a 6-digit frequency meter and the results were excellent , simple enough and at a cost of well under $ 50.00 Canadian. Since the Frequency counter may require as much as 250ma of current when all digits are illuminated it was designed as a bench instrument complete with a regulated power supply as described later. The transformer used was retrieved from an ancient digital alarm clock . Although a clocking signal could have been derived from the AC supply line , a digital clock oscillator was incorporated into the design to accommodate a battery pack supply instead of an AC supply source as an alternative. . Following the design application of the Digital Capacitance Meter , the digital display read out section needed to be expanded by adding a second set of three digits for a total of six digits to accomplish my goal of being able to count up to 1MHz without adding many stages of frequency division . Once this accomplished I decided to increase the capability by adding one dividing stage to obtain a reading up to 10 MHz minus one count ( 9.99999MHz ) and this was accomplished by adding only on IC and one switching stage, but with the basic CMOS Ics it tends to bog down at about 4mHz . This problem was later solved by a