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Sum-of-Products and Product-of-Sums Expressions

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

Universal Shift Registers: Parallel-in, Parallel-out

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The purpose of the parallel-in/ parallel-out shift register is to take…

Analog-to-Digital Conversion

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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…

Digital Lab - 10-bit Flashing LED Sequencer

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test an automated circuit that sequentially flashes 10 LED, and learn about counters, frequency dividers, and switch debouncing.

The NOT Gate

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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…

Gate Universality

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

Latch Circuits

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What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…

DIP Gate Packaging

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Digital logic gate circuits are manufactured as integrated circuits:…

High-Reliability Circuits

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

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.

Introduction to Boolean Algebra

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

Don’t Care Cells in the Karnaugh Map

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Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…

Introduction to Karnaugh Mapping

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Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean…

Design Project: Stepper Motor Driver

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

CMOS Gate Circuitry

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Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…

Safe Meter Usage

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

Integrated Circuits

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

TTL Logic Gates

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

Circuit Simplification Examples

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Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…

The Exclusive-OR Function: The XOR Gate

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What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…

Slope (integrating) ADC

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So far, we’ve only been able to escape the sheer volume of…

Larger 4-variable Karnaugh Maps

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Knowing how to generate Gray code should allow us to build larger…

Microprocessors

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Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…

The R/2R DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter)

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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…

Analysis Techniques for Series Parallel Resistor Circuits

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Guidelines to Series-Parallel Combination Circuit Analysis The goal of…

Shift Registers: Serial-in, Parallel-out (SIPO) Conversion

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A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…

Venn Diagrams and Sets

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Mathematicians use Venn diagrams to show the logical relationships of…

555 Timer Astable Oscillator Circuit

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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.

DIP Gate Packaging

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Digital logic gate circuits are manufactured as integrated circuits:…

Op-amp Circuits

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

Introduction to Boolean Algebra

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

Binary Subtraction

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We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…

Programmable Logic Technology

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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…

Encoders and Decoders

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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…

Boolean Algebraic Identities

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In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible…

Octal and Hexadecimal Numeration

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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…

Performance-Based Assessments for Digital Circuit Competencies

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Fail-safe Design

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Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…

Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

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

Universal Shift Registers: Parallel-in, Parallel-out

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The purpose of the parallel-in/ parallel-out shift register is to take…

AC Capacitor Circuits

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Capacitors Vs. Resistors Capacitors do not behave the same as…

The Thyristor

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A thyristor is a device that has a number of unusual characteristics.…

Converting Between Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits

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Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…

Other Specialized Motors

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Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…

Derivatives of Power Functions of e

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Example Derivatives of e Proportionality Constant When we say that a…

AC Lab - Sensing AC Magnetic Fields

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC magnetic fields using a simple wire coil and learn about AC signal coupling, orientation effects, and the impact of shielding using different materials.

Unit Conversion Calculator

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Convert to and from different units of length, weight, power, temperature and torque

Programmable Logic Controllers

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The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…

Safe Meter Usage

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

Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)

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What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…

Binary Subtraction

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We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…

Contributors (9)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Reluctance Motor

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The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…

Digital Lab - S-R Flip-flop Using NAND Gates

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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.

Practical Considerations of ADC Circuits

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Perhaps the most important consideration of an ADC is its resolution.…

Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL)

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What Is Kirchhoff’s Current Law? Kirchhoff’s Current Law,…

Design Project: DC Voltage Regulator

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It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…

DC Lab - An Analog Computer For Averaging

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple circuit that computes the average of voltages and learn about analog computers and their application.

Delta and Wye 3-Phase Circuits

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Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…

Mixed-Frequency Signals

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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…