Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property”…
Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…
Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…
So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…
It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…
Identify the type of logic gate shown in this schematic diagram, and…
A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an S-R latch using two NOR gates and learn how this type of digital memory operates, including invalid states, race conditions, and the effects of output loading.
Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a digital combination lock with LED output indicators and learn about XOR gate functionality and how to implement NOR logic functionality using diodes.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…
If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…
What factors determine where potentiometers Rpot1 and Rpot2 must be…
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
A Logic Gate is assigned as an elementary building block of…
While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…
At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.
Read-only memory (ROM) is similar in design to static or dynamic RAM…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test a 2-input digital NAND gate with LED indicators and learn to read pinout diagrams, power a digital IC, connect unused inputs and outputs, and use pulldown resistors.
Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…
Calculate circuit parameters using Ohm's Law
By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
This calculator determines the total path loss provided by an RF n-way power splitter.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will create a battery from a potato (yes! a potato) and learn about the relationship between chemical energy and electric energy.
Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…
If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.
A tool designed to compute the values to be used in a T-match Impedance Circuit
In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…
As lengthy as this chapter has been up to this point, it only begins…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an S-R latch using two NOR gates and learn how this type of digital memory operates, including invalid states, race conditions, and the effects of output loading.
If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…
As we’ve already learned, electricity requires a complete path…
A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
Passive Devices Components incapable of controlling current by means…
Since the enable input on a gated S-R latch provides a way to latch…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
