I am using a CD4040 to divide down a clock frequency. I would like to connect several outputs in parallel with diodes to make their divisors additive. The output is then between their common and a 1M pull-up resistor.
I have tried everything I can think of to make this work. I am tying reset to ground, but something tells me this is not right. What I get doing this is a pulse train, with each pulse less than 50% duty cycle.
Unable to find anything online. Can somebody tell me the proper way?
Thank you,
Kevin Brooks