http://www.iaeme.com/ijecet.asp 31 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering & Technology (IJECET) Volume 6, Issue 7, July (2015), pp. 31-37, Article ID: Article ID: 40120150607005 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/currentissue.asp?JType=IJECET&VType=6&IType=7 ISSN Print: 0976 – 6464 and ISSN Online: 0976 – 6472 © IAEME Publication _____________________________________________________________________ EXPLOITING DESIGN OF SYNCHRONOUS COUNTERS METHOD TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT MOD 6 DIRECT DOWN COUNTER Bawar A. Abdalla Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Koya, Koya, Iraq Zhenar Sh. Faeq Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Koya, Koya, Iraq Zrar Kh. Abdul Department of General Science, University of Charmo, Chamchamal, Iraq ABSTRACT In this paper, the design of direct mod 6 down counter is proposed by using J-K Flip Flop. The counter is provided with synchronous clock pulse. The counter is implemented by using Electronic Workbench software. The design can be achieved by the logical function minimization using Karnaugh map. Vcc and Ground are used for inputs to indicate logic 1 and 0 respectively as well as LED indicators are used to indicate the output bits. The proposed design is practical to implement any modulus of direct down counters which can count from any number to zero. This can have advantage over partial decoding method to design counters which their modulus does not belong to 2 n sequence because partial decoding method is only practical for up counters. Keywords: Down Counter, Mod 6 Down Counter, Synchronous Counters. Cite this Article: Bawar A. Abdalla, Zhenar Sh. Faeq and Zrar Kh. Abdul, Exploiting Design of Synchronous Counters Method To Design and Implement Mod 6 Direct Down Counter. International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering & Technology, 6(7), 2015, pp. 31-37. http://www.iaeme.com/currentissue.asp?JType=IJECET&VType=6&IType=7 _______________________________________________________________