SCLS255N December 1995 – February 2024 SN54AHC74 , SN74AHC74
PRODUCTION DATA
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Toggle switches are typically large, mechanically complex, and relatively expensive. It is desirable to use a momentary switch instead because they are small, mechanically simple, and cost less. Some systems require the functionality of a toggle switch, but are space or cost constrained and must use a momentary switch instead. External Schmitt-trigger buffers are used to remove noisy inputs into the (CLK) and (D) inputs.
If the data input (D) of the SNx4AHC74 is tied to the inverted output (Q), then each clock pulse will cause the value at the output (Q) to toggle. The momentary switch can be debounced and directly connected to the clock input (CLK) to toggle the output.