The Use of Logic Gate Inverters and buffers exhaust the possibilities…
Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…
While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
A Logic Gate is assigned as an elementary building block of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…
Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…
Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
The logic simplification examples that we have done so far could have…
Parts and Materials 4011 quad NAND gate (Radio Shack catalog #…
At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
How is it possible to assign a fixed value of voltage or current (such…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two AAA Batteries Battery Clip (Radio Shack…
Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…
What are Time-Delay Relays? Some relays are constructed with a kind of…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…
NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…
Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…
The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6 volt batteries One capacitor, 470 µF…
The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…
Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
So far, we’ve only been able to escape the sheer volume of…
The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…
The Use of Logic Gate Inverters and buffers exhaust the possibilities…
So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
It should be common-sense knowledge that liquids flow through…
A tool designed to calculate the characteristic impedance of a twisted-pair cable
PARTS AND MATERIALS AC power source: 120VAC Capacitor, 3.3 µF…
In the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
Electronics is a science, and a very accessible science at that. With…
NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…
What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
Sometimes it is necessary to determine the length of time that a…
During the early development of telephone technology, a unit was…
This calculator helps you compute for the inductance of an edge coupled trace.
This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a coil.
A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…
Power measurement in AC circuits can be quite a bit more complex than…
In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible…
Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…
A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…
