Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…
Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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.
Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…
Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…
The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…
So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…
The Use of Logic Gate Inverters and buffers exhaust the possibilities…
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.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a blue LED flasher using a 555 timer and learn the basic theory of a voltage doubler using a transistor switch and a capacitor.
Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…
In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean…
A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
A Logic Gate is assigned as an elementary building block of…
Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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.
In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…
Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…
The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…
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.
Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.
Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Research and describe what the Hall effect is, and list some practical…
We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…
In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.
Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
Solving for x in a given polynomial equation “ax2 + bx + c…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a custom operational amplifier (op amp) and learn about the application of current mirrors and the use of negative feedback in op amp circuits.
Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
This calculator computes the noise figure and noise temperature in a system
Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…
What would happen to this meter movement, if connected directly to a…
JFETs, like bipolar transistors, are able to “throttle”…
TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…
So far, we’ve been analyzing single-battery, single-resistor…
Fundamentally, an amplifier is a device that takes in a low-power…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
