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Old 10th Sep 2011, 12:40 am   #109
Amraduk
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Default Re: 4 Digit Up/Down Counter IC?

Hello Mark,

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Originally Posted by mhennessy View Post
It's absolutely fine - honest. The old mechanical counter would have worked just as well if you'd covered up the left hand digit
Yes, it would, however, the smaller the maximum count, the greater the chance that it will be exceeded before the end of a tape, under those conditions a count of n could be n +1000, n + 2000, n + 3000, etc. That was my concern (I should have made that clearer), so I think that it would be better to change the code to match the number of display digits.

Regards,

Dave.
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