4060

  

As you may notice the frequency goes on becoming half in proportion, and this happens with the pinout order of 7, 5, 4, 6, 14, 13, 15, 1, 2, 3, wherein pin7 produces the highest frequency, while pin3 the minimum.As mentioned earlier, the above frequency or oscillations can be initiated or setup by connecting a few passive components at pin9, 10 and 11 of the IC as shown in the figure, it’s that simple. The variable resistor Rt could be replaced with a potentiometer at pin10 of the IC 4060 to get an adjustable frequency output across the mentioned output pins of the IC. Alternatively, the capacitor Ct value may also be altered for changing the frequency of the IC. Pin 12 is the reset input and should always be grounded or connected to the negative supply.A positive supply pulse to this input will reset the oscillations or revert the IC so that it begins counting or oscillating from the zero, causing all the outputs to switch to zero logic. Enabling an automatic power switch ON resetting of a timer IC such as IC 4060 becomes crucial in order to initiate the IC clock, and counting process from zero.