IC CD4017 is a CMOS decade counter IC. It can produce output at the 10 pins sequentially, i.e. it produce output one by one at the 10 output pins. Explore below some interesting electronic circuits based on IC CD4017.

It's often necessary to power a low voltage circuit such as a microcontroller with HV AC line current. For example, most fire alarms are powered this way. In these situations, a transformer is both bulky and expensive especially if the device is a consumer product.

XNOR or EX-NOR gate is a digital logic gate, designed for arithmetic and logical operations. Here we are going to use 74LS86 chip for demonstration, this chip has 4 EX-OR gates in it.

Dice is used to play many games like snake ladder, Ludo etc. Generally dice is made up of wooden or plastic, which gets deformed with time and become biased. A Digital dice is a good alternative of old fashioned dice, it can’t be biased or deformed.

In this project, we are going to make a day and night indicator (or dark and light indicator) which will indicate if there is a dark or light in the surroundings. Some applications of this circuit, are street light controlling, home/office light controlling, day and night indicators, etc.