Binary Counter

Binary Counter

Binary Counter is a simple gate sequencer that uses binary numbers to turn gates on & off.

Starting from zero, every time a gate is received on din, the value of the counter is incremented by k, and CV1-6 are set on/off according to the binary representation of the counter.

I/O Mapping

I/O	Usage
din	Input gate signal
ain	CV input to control k
b1	Change between discrete or continuous modes
b2	Reset n to zero
k1	Control for k
k2	Attenuator for ain
cv1	Least significant bit output
cv2	2s-bit output
cv3	4s-bit output
cv4	8s-bit output
cv5	16s-bit output
cv6	Most significant bit output

In discrete mode (default) all outputs go low when din goes low.

In continuous mode the outputs stay on across consecutive values.

k = 1

din
   __    __    __    __    __    __    __    __    __
__|  |__|  |__|  |__|  |__|  |__|  |__|  |__|  |__|  |__
  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .
cv2 (discrete).     .     .     .     .     .     .
  .     .__   .__   .__   .__   .__   .__   .     .
________|  |__|  |__|  |__|  |__|  |__|  |______________
  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .
cv2 (continuous)    .     .     .     .     .     .
  .     .___________________________________.     .
________|     .     .     .     .     .     |___________
n .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .
0 1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9

Configuration

This program has the following configuration options:

• USE_GRAY_ENCODING: if true, instead of traditional binary encoding, the pattern is encoded using gray encoding. This means that consecutive gate patterns will always differ by exactly 1 bit.

Decimal value	Traditional binary	Gray encoding
0	000000	000000
1	000001	000001
2	000010	000011
3	000011	000010
4	000100	000110
5	000101	000111
6	000110	000101
7	000111	000100
…	…	…

To enable Gray encoding, create/edit /config/BinaryCounter.json to contain the following:

{
    "USE_GRAY_ENCODING": true
}