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Boolean Algebraic Properties

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Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property”…

Introduction to Boolean Algebra

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Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…

Special-output Gates

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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…

Timer Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Larger 5 & 6-variable Karnaugh Maps

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Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…

Look-up Tables

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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…

Basic Logic Gate Troubleshooting

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

Design Project: Stepper Motor Driver

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At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…

Safe Meter Usage

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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…

Minterm vs Maxterm Solution

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So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…

Light-Pulse Switch

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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…

TTL NOR and OR gates

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TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…

Gate Universality

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NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…

Basic Logic Gates

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Identify the type of logic gate shown in this schematic diagram, and…

Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…

Shift Registers

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Digital Logic Signals

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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…

Karnaugh Maps, Truth Tables, and Boolean Expressions

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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…

Digital Lab - S-R Latch Using NOR Gates

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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.

Finite State Machines

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Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…

Digital Lab - Digital Combination Lock

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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.

Boolean Algebra

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Switch Types

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Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…

Digital-to-Analog Conversion

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If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…

Network Protocols

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Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…

Design Project: Logic Probe

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What factors determine where potentiometers Rpot1 and Rpot2 must be…

Performance-Based Assessments for Digital Circuit Competencies

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Digital Display Circuits

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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…

Integrated Circuits

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  A Logic Gate is assigned as an elementary building block of…

Digital Signals and Gates

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While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…

Digital Codes

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

Introduction to Boolean Algebra

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Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…

Design Project: Stepper Motor Driver

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At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…

Digital Lab - S-R Latch With Enable Input using NAND Gates

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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)

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Read-only memory (ROM) is similar in design to static or dynamic RAM…

Digital Lab - Basic 2-Input NAND Gate Circuit

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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.

Relay Construction

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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Successive Approximation ADC

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One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…

Ohm’s Law Calculator

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Calculate circuit parameters using Ohm's Law

Differentiator and Integrator Circuits

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By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…

N-Way Power Divider Calculator

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This calculator determines the total path loss provided by an RF n-way power splitter.

DC Lab - Potato Battery

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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.

Creating Custom Calibration Resistances

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Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…

Strain Gauges

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If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…

Basic AC-DC Power Supplies

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Si Lab - Differential Amplifier

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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.

Si Lab - Bipolar Transistor as a Switch

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.

T-Match Impedance Matching Circuits

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A tool designed to compute the values to be used in a T-match Impedance Circuit

Introduction to Mixed-Frequency AC Signals

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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…

Summary of Filters

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As lengthy as this chapter has been up to this point, it only begins…

Digital Lab - S-R Latch Using NOR Gates

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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.

Averager and Summer Circuits

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If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…

Shock Current Path

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As we’ve already learned, electricity requires a complete path…

Switch Contact Design

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A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…

Karnaugh Mapping

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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…

Active Versus Passive Devices

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Passive Devices Components incapable of controlling current by means…

The D Latch

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Since the enable input on a gated S-R latch provides a way to latch…

Superposition Theorem

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…