Hello, I am new to your forum. I am trying to build a traffic light for both N/S and E/W directions ( 6 lights, U.S. version). I am new to electronics, as I am in my second quarter for a two year degree in Industrial Control Systems Tech. program. We have already designed and built the same traffic light using analog timers and relays. Now we have to do it with IC chips. I have looked over and tried to build alot of circuits posted on the web, but none have worked out. I am designing it on Multisim 10.1.1. I have learned a lot so far about the analog timers and relays, but this IC stuff is way more complicated. I am thus far thinking about designing it using a 555, a 4017 decade counter and some sort of J-K flip-flop arrangement.(?) If there is a simpler way that anybody knows of, any help would be appreciated, especially if it is a Multisim design. I don't know if we can use microcontrollers to run it, as we are supposed to keep cost to a minimum when building this. We are going to be building it for real using the Elvis II breadboard. Thank you, brett1405