What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…
TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
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.
Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
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 finds its most practical use in the simplification of…
Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…
Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…
The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…
What factors determine where potentiometers Rpot1 and Rpot2 must be…
In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator using a 555 timer and learn the theory of operation of the 555 timer when configured as an astable multivibrator.
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…
How is it possible to assign a fixed value of voltage or current (such…
A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator with hysteresis from a Schmitt trigger and learn how to use it to create an RC oscillator and a method to configure a 555 timer as an astable multivibrator.
Mathematicians use Venn diagrams to show the logical relationships of…
Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…
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.
What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…
NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…
Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…
So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
Connecting digital circuitry to sensor devices is simple if the sensor…
Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…
In an astable circuit, the output voltage alternates between VCC and 0 volts on a continuous basis. This calculator will help you design an oscillator using a 555 timer IC.
If I needed to describe the distance between two cities, I could…
This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a bridged-tee attenuator.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
If you’ve used DOS or UNIX operating systems before in a…
A transmission line of infinite length is an interesting abstraction,…
This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
In these hands-on semiconductor electronics experiments, learn to build and test circuits using discrete silicon (Si) devices, including diodes and transistors. Also, learn important circuit designs, including rectifiers, current mirrors, amplifiers, and oscillators.
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…
A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
This calculator computes the power received by an antenna using Friis formula
A demultiplexer, sometimes abbreviated dmux, is a circuit that has one…
If vectors with uncommon angles are added, their magnitudes (lengths)…