Building a Clock Using Decade Counters

Brief Description

The project involves designing a 24hr Clock and displaying it using a 7-segment Display. It provides the time in seconds, minutes, and hours, utilizing different tools for schematics and stimulations.

Course Description

Digital System and Design course covers both theory and practical aspects of digital systems. Topics include Boolean algebra, latches & flip flops, combination logic, shift registers, counters, and more.

Project Motivation

To design a cost-effective clock system using simple materials, exploring various design approaches for efficiency and performance.

Project Objectives

By the end of this project, one should be able to:

Understand how to implement decade counters in real applications.
Use tools like Proteus, Logism, and others for designing simple projects.
Design a clock using latches and flip-flops with electrical components.

Project Milestones

Designing Logisim of the clock using decade counter.
Electrical schematics of the designs.
Software stimulation of the design using Proteus.

Challenges Faced

Below are some of the challenges we encountered and how we solved them:

How to design for the hour clock.
How to properly design and ensure minimum usage of power.
How to prevent delays in the design.

Acknowledgement

In every project, there are outside people whose contribution makes the project a success. We want to acknowledge Dr. Nathan Amanquah for helping us understand the concept and the design and for guiding us. Also, we want to thank the Almighty God for his direction and strength.

Team Members

Jacinta Esi Amoawah BaduComputer Engineering, C2024

Linda Gurindow, Electrical Engineering, C2024