This was for a PIC-based project that measures frequency (among other things).  
On some sensors, the output frequency was higher than the PIC could handle, 
so a quick 7490-based div-by-10 did the job nicely.

-Neil.


On Thursday 29 June 2006 06:35, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> > Why have all the 74xx90's (decade counters) disappeared
> > suddenly?
>
> Probably because nobody uses them anymore.  Even a very slow micro can
> count decades.
>
>
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