Thanks David,

the thing is that I'm going to count up/down and all I need is just about it.

~d


On Thursday 21 November 2002 12:55, David Brown wrote:
> > has anybody experience in
> > 1. cascading 74f579 (8 bit bidirectional counter or are there more bits
> > up/down counters which work up to 10 MHz?)
> > 2. interfacing it (5v vcc) with msp430 via latch
>
> Are you trying to use the outputs of the counter to drive something else,
> with the msp430 providing the clock and direction, or are you getting the
> clock and direction externally, with the msp430 reading reading the counter
> output?
>
> Cascading two counters should be just a matter of connecting the highest
> output bit of one counter into the clock of the second one, at least as
> long as you are only counting in one direction.  Changing directions might
> cause complications.
>
> Converting from 5V to 3.3V is easy enough, if you don't mind wasting a bit
> of power.  Connect a resistor in series, with a diode to the 3.3V line.  In
> fact, with a high enough resistor (say, 47k) you can just rely on the 3.3V
> part's internal ESD protection diodes.  Connecting a 3.3V output to a 5V
> logic chip is normally pretty easy too - just connect it straight in.  In
> most cases, it should work fine.
>
>
>
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