Digital Stopwatch with using 4026 ic , 555 timer Ic and 7-segment display.
required components are four 4026,four 7-segment display,one 555 timer ic,two 10k resistor,one 1k resistor,one female header,ic holders,one 10uF electrolyte Capacitor , 100k potentiometer and 5v regulator.
this is proper Working video of digital stopwatch
A stopwatch is a handheld timepiece designed to measure the amount of time that elapses between its activation and deactivation. A large digital version of a stopwatch designed for viewing at a distance, as in a sports stadium, is called a stopclock.

pin 1 is Clock pin, this pin connect to output of astable configuration of 555 timer ic pin 3(output).free running pulse generate by 555 timer ic
connection be like this figure
for cascading 2 or more 4026,1st 4026 pin 5 is carry,take that carry out to 2nd 4026 as Clock(pin 1).
2nd 4026 pin5 carryout connect to 3rd 4026 as clock input(pin 1)
and so on.

Abhishek Tiwari


Estudio Roble
Adrian Freed
Which desginer/simulation program did you use for this circuit?
Do you know what I need to change/remove if I only want to count minutes, seconds and 1/10 of a second?