If we were to connect two inverter gates together so that the output…
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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…
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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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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.
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an edge-triggered S-R flip-flop, learn the difference between a latch and a flip-flop, and experience how a switch bounce can cause logic errors.
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Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…
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While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…
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Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…
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Add the following binary numbers:
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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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This calculator computes for the output pulse width of a 555 timer monostable circuit
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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If we examine a four-bit binary count sequence from 0000 to 1111, a…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
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What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…
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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
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Identify the type of logic gate shown in this schematic diagram, and…
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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.
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
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Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…
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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…
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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…
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One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.
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In this introduction to parallel resistance circuits, we will explain…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.
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This tool is designed to compute for the trace width of a microstrip
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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a broadside coupled stripline.
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We can take the same components from the series circuit and rearrange…
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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
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If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…
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De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…
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What, exactly, is an arbitrary waveform generator, and for what…
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Using an example, learn about the different bias techniques for junction field effect transistors (JFETs) like the constant voltage bias, self-bias configuration, and voltage divider biasing.
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This calculator allows you to solve for any of the six variables in the Friis formula for RF transmission: transmitter power, transmitter gain, receiver power, receiver gain, frequency, or distance.
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Learn the Power Formula We’ve seen the formula for determining…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple circuit that will teach you how to use a commutating diode to reduce inductive kickback.
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Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…
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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
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