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Default broke my own circuit - 4017 decade/Johnson counter


"DewDude" wrote in message
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so im building a simple light chaser circuit out of a 4017 counter and
555 timer. the 555 timer circuit works. my problem is with thr 4017.

according to several schematics ive seen...and behavior in electronics
workbench/multisim, connecting the reset to output q4 causes the chip
to reset when q4 fires.

real-life behavior i different. if reset is connected to anything
except just ground, all it'll do is blink the first led.

any suggestions?


You're resetting from the wrong end of the counter.