The SK10/100E016 is a high-speed synchronous, presettable, cascadable 8-bit binary counter. The counter features internal feedback of TC*, gated by the TCLD (terminal count load) pin. When TCLD is LOW (or left open, in which case it is pulled LOW by the internal pull-downs), the TC* feedback is disabled, and counting proceeds continuously, with TC* going LOW to indicate an all-one state. When TCLD is HIGH, the TC* feedback causes the counter to automatically reload upon TC* = LOW, thus functioning as a programmable counter. The Qn outputs do not need to be terminated for the count function to operate properly. To minimize noise and power, unused Q outputs should be left unterminated.