How to read an IC in a "Spinning LED wheel" Kit

it depends on which IC you have. naming them would help us futher help you.

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they descrptions on them are

for IC1 :

"texas instruments logo, 11D2NCK E4

CD4069UBE                                          "

for IC 2 :

"texas instruments logo, 05AF5KM 3F

CD4017BE                                            "

Also dont i need a usb chip that hooks all the pinouts from the chip inot  readble format to send to the computer through a sub wire, AND find the program they used to program the chip (exp. adrunio)

Those aren't programmable parts.

CD4017BE is a divide-by-ten counter with decoded outputs.

CD4069UBE is six inverters.

Those aren't programmable parts.

CD4017BE is a divide-by-ten counter with decoded outputs.

CD4069UBE is six inverters.

Okay thanks, but can you explain how each chip works?

here are links to the datasheets that will give you info on your ICs

CD4017BE

CD4069UBE

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but can you give like a simple boiled down explanation?

Jack McMillin wrote:

 

Okay thanks, but can you explain how each chip works?

The 4069 is easy -- it has 6 inverters, each of calculates the NOT function.  That is, if its input is low, its output is high, and vice-versa.  CMOS inverters may also be used to make a clock oscillator.

The 4017 is a Johnson counter plus decoder.  A Johnson counter -- also known as a Möbius counter -- is a shift register whose output is connected back to its input with an inverter.  A 5-bit Johnson counter generates the pattern 00000 -> 10000 -> 11000 -> 11100 -> 11110 -> 11111 -> 01111 -> 00111 -> 00011 -> 00001 -> 00000 -> repeats.  As you can see, it takes ten steps to cycle through all the patterns, so the 5-bit Johnson counter divides the clock by 10.  The circuit generates ten active-high outputs by ANDing two active-high or active-low bits of the Johnson counter flip-flops.  This technique ensures that outputs never glitch.

The data sheet has a verbal description of the logic, along with a logic diagram that shows what the chip does.  If you're unfamiliar with terminology like AND, NOT, OR, and flip-flop, and the gate symbols are a mystery, you'll need to get a good book on logic design to learn about it.  It's been a long time since I taught a logic design course and even longer since I learned it myself, so others probably have better suggestions.  Personally I've liked John Wakerly's "Digital Design".  Others like Morris Mano.  There is absolutely no reason to get a new edition (gack those new book prices are ridiculous!) since logic design hasn't changed much in 40 years.  The transistor-level technology has evolved and has plummeted in price, but the basics are the same.  Those data sheets are dated 2004, but that's when TI bought the technology from Harris.  The sheets themselves look 20 years older.

If you have a good public library, see what they have.  That's how I got started.

I personally like/had Morris Monos' Digital Logic Design and Applications, I don't remember the edition but like John said it really shouldn't matter.

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