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7490 BCD Counter Circuit
A binary coded decimal (BCD) is a serial digital counter that counts ten digits .And it resets for every new clock input. As it can go through 10 unique combinations of output, it is also called as “Decade counter”. A BCD counter can count 0000, 0001, 0010, 1000, 1001, 1010, 1011, 1110, 1111, 0000, and 0001 and so on.
A 4 bit binary counter will act as decade counter by skipping any six outputs out of the 16 (24) outputs. There are some available ICs for decade counters which we can readily use in our circuit, like 74LS90. It is an asynchronous decade counter.
