High-speed Counters
Up/Down Mode
Increment pulse
Decrement pulse
Increment Mode
Pulse
Conditions for Incrementing/Decrementing the Count
Direction
signal
↑
H
↓
L
L
↑
H
↓
• The count is incremented when the direction signal is ON and decre-
mented when it is OFF.
• Only up-differentiated pulses (rising edges) can be counted.
The up/down mode uses two signals, an increment pulse input and a decre-
ment pulse input.
0
1
2
3
Conditions for Incrementing/Decrementing the Count
Decrement
pulse
↑
H
↓
L
L
↑
H
↓
• The count is incremented for each increment pulse input and decre-
mented for each decrement pulse input.
• Only up-differentiated pulses (rising edges) can be counted.
The increment mode counts single-phase pulse signal inputs. This mode only
increments the count.
0
1
2
3
4
Conditions for Incrementing/Decrementing the Count
Pulse
↑
H
↓
L
Pulse
signal
L
No change
↑
Increment
H
No change
↓
No change
↑
Decrement
H
No change
↓
No change
L
No change
4
5
6
7
8
Increment
pulse
L
Decrement
↑
Increment
H
No change
↓
No change
↑
Increment
H
Decrement
↓
No change
L
No change
5
6
7
8
Count value
Increment
No change
No change
No change
Count value
7
6
5
4
Count value
9
10
11
12
13
14
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2
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