You could use 6 cascaded 4516 chips but at 16pins per chip I'd go with a PLD. Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: pic microcontroller discussion list > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of James Williams > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 9:23 AM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: [PIC] Up/Down counter IC > > > Hello, > > Does anyone have good suggestions on which up/down counter chips > woudl work > best for cascading and using as a 24bit address generator? I > would love to > know if they are IC that do not have a parrallel load pins, just > an up/down > pin, a clear pic and a clock input along with either 4 or 8 bit > outputs and > the cascade carry signals which carry to the next IC. > > Thanks, > > James > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu