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11 years ago

60hz clock for Max 7000s?

Can someone recommend a 60hz clock for Max 7000s?

I was looking to use 555 timer, but I can't get the duration high to match the duration low.

Ideally part would be 5v and through hole.

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    If duty cycle is the only concern, what about generating it at 120Hz and divide by 2 using a TFF (input at 1) ?

    The TFF can be the Max itself.
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    --- Quote Start ---

    Can someone recommend a 60hz clock for Max 7000s?

    I was looking to use 555 timer, but I can't get the duration high to match the duration low.

    Ideally part would be 5v and through hole.

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    Have you considered using a higher frequency oscillator and just dividing that down? Depends on how many LE's you have to spare I suppose. For a 1mhz clock you'd need 1000000/60=16666 = 15 bits.

    Not ideal but it's available in 5v and through-hole :-)

    -Mux