Flip-Flops – A basic counter
We looked at the Binary system, and basic computer logic elements, in previous articles, “It’s a binary world – how computers count” and “How computers add – a logical approach”.
Now we can combine two parts of these articles to look at a counter. Another common logic element in a computer is a counter or timer. This can b to count items going past a sensor on an assembly line, or possibly a count-down timer. For example, if you have a late …