Question

Design a 10 time unit duration using a 16 bit counter. Any tips?

Answer 1

the question u are asking in another words is showing me question of types

firstly is counting of ten clock pluses as one unit that is counter will count or change its state for every ten pulses....

if this is your question the answer is adding frequency divider circuit to your clock input that is which divides your clock pulses by ten times. so when 10 clock pulses come in the frequency divider circuit changes only by one time

this can be implemented by ic555 timer or other dedicated ics like 7490

second one is decade counter using 16 bit counter....

we can construct a counter of such type using 16 bit counter and is even not efficient. but we can easily realise the decade counter using 4 bit synchronous counters ... so try using 4 bit counter as shown below

hope your doubt is answered !!