Source: https://mokxi.com/parts/74hc04 Updated: 2026-09-27 Part # 74HC04 hex inverter Six inverters, same package, same rules. or see every part - 14 pins Drawn live by the editor's own code, at the size you see it. Reference ## Every one of its 14 pins Pin Role What it does 1A Input 1Y Output 2A Input 2Y Output 3A Input 3Y Output GND Input or output 4Y Output 4A Input 5Y Output 5A Input 6Y Output 6A Input VCC Input or output This part ## What it does The 74HC04 packages six independent inverters in one 14-pin chip. Unlike the two-input logic families, its pins alternate input and output all the way down the package instead of grouping by gate, so pin 1 is one gate’s input and pin 2 is that same gate’s output; it is worth checking the pinout rather than assuming the 74HC00’s layout. Pin 14 is VCC and pin 7 is GND, both real pins the chip needs wired before it inverts anything, and its outputs sit high-impedance rather than at a defined level while it is unpowered. An inverter has no controlling-value shortcut the way an AND or OR gate does, since its one input decides the output outright: a known input always gives a known, inverted output, and only a genuinely unknown input gives an unknown one. The datasheet’s typical propagation delay of 9 nanoseconds applies here too, inertially, the same as the rest of the 74HC family Mokxi models. How it is modeled ## What is true about the 74HC04 hex inverter, here ### 74HC04: hex inverter The 7404: six independent inverters sharing one supply. Unlike the two-input packages, it alternates input and output down each row (pin 1 is 1A, pin 2 is 1Y), so its pin table is worth reading against the datasheet rather than assumed from the 7400. Propagation delay: 9 ns typical. See it in: Traffic light. ### Not modeled One typical delay, and nothing around it. Each chip carries a single propagation delay taken from its datasheet's typical column at VCC = 5 V, CL = 15 pF and 25 °C, and uses it for every path through the package. There is no minimum or maximum, no spread between the gates in one chip, no rise or fall time, no output slew and no dependence on supply voltage, load capacitance or temperature, all of which a real 74HC part has, and all of which a datasheet gives ranges for. On the 74HC595 the one figure is the STCP-to-Qn number used for SHCP and MR to Q7S as well, which the datasheet lists a nanosecond or two apart. No setup, hold or pulse-width checks. The 74HC74 and the 74HC595 take a clock edge whenever they see one; nothing here refuses data that changed too close to the edge or a clock pulse that was too narrow, and nothing warns about it. A real part would metastable or simply miss. No supply current, no output current limit and no bus contention damage. An output driving into another output is resolved as two drivers on one net; nothing gets hot. Sequential parts power up cleared rather than random, because a toggle divider fed Unknown never escapes it. See how faithfully a part behaves. From The 74HC logic family, in full. Projects ## See the 74HC04 hex inverter in a project Shown here on: Arduino Uno R3 Learn ## Where it turns up in a lesson ### In a learn article - Arduino Traffic Light with a Crossing Button - Arduino Projects for Beginners, Each One Running More parts ## The rest of the bench Every one of these is drawn and simulated the same way. Full-size breadboard A real 0.1 inch grid with the rails and the center channel, 63 columns wide. Jumper wires Drag from any pin or hole to any other. Corners snap, and you can drag them. Power A supply rail at the voltage you choose. Ground The other end of every circuit. LED Lights when current flows. Five colors, and the brightness is what your eye would see. Resistor Any value you like, with the color bands drawn to match. ESP32-C3-DevKitM-1 A RISC-V board that runs your firmware at 160 MHz on the real memory map. Pushbutton A 12 mm tactile switch. Hold it while the simulation runs. Raspberry Pi Pico The RP2040 board on our own Cortex-M0+ core. Pick a program and press Run. Raspberry Pi Pico W Raspberry Pi Pico W (RP2040). The same board and the same pinout as a Pico, with the CYW43439 on it. The WiFi is simulated (no radio, no real internet), and the on-board LED, which hangs off that chip rather than off GP25, is driven through the same path. Everything else is the Pico. STM32F411 Black Pill The Black Pill on our own Cortex-M4 core. Pick a program and press Run. BBC micro:bit V2 The nRF52833 board with its 5x5 LED matrix, buttons A and B and a speaker. Wire the rings to a breadboard. See every part ## Wire up the 74HC04 hex inverter Open the editor and push it into the breadboard. It is free, and it runs on your own machine. Start building Open the editor