Solving Race Condition in D-type Flip-Flops for 4 Output Loop

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The discussion focuses on resolving race condition issues in D-type flip-flops while designing a circuit with four outputs that sequentially activate one output at a time. The user initially encountered race-condition errors due to incorrect usage of a latch instead of a flip-flop. The problem was ultimately resolved by correctly implementing the D-type flip-flop configuration, ensuring stable output transitions without race conditions.

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I'm trying to create a circuit that has 4 outputs, and loops over all of them so that only 1 output is high at each pulse.

Like this:
1 - 1
2 - 0
3 - 0
4 - 0

1 - 0
2 - 1
3 - 0
4 - 0

1 - 0
2 - 0
3 - 1
4 - 0

1 - 0
2 - 0
3 - 0
4 - 1

1 - 1
2 - 0
3 - 0
4 - 0

But, I'm getting race-condition errors inside my d-type flip-flop. So, I'm guessing it's something wrong with it.

Here is what it looks like:
http://folk.uio.no/thhildru/d-type.png

I don't really understand how a race-condition can happen here?
 
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Did you figure out the problem? Or do you still want help on this one?
 
Yup, I was trying to use a latch as a flip-flop. All worked out now :)
 

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