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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…

Look-up Tables

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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…

Digital Lab - S-R Latch With Enable Input using NAND Gates

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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.

TTL NAND and AND gates

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Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…

Larger 5 & 6-variable Karnaugh Maps

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Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…

The NOT Gate

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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…

Digital Display Circuits

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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…

Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…

Ring Counters

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If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…

Minterm vs Maxterm Solution

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So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…

Shift Registers

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

The S-R Latch

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A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…

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

Worksheets - Discrete Logic

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

Performance-Based Assessments for Digital Circuit Competencies

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Servo Motor Systems

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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…

CMOS Logic Gates

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

Digital Logic Functions

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We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…

Multiple-input Gates

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The Use of Logic Gate Inverters and buffers exhaust the possibilities…

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.

555 Lab - Blue LED Flasher With Voltage Doubler

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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 5 & 6-variable Karnaugh Maps

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Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…

Electromechanical Relay Logic

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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…

A Binary Adder

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Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…

Series-Parallel Combination AC Circuits

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

Introduction to Karnaugh Mapping

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

Digital Logic Signals

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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…

Relay Construction

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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…

Quantum Devices

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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…

Karnaugh Maps, Truth Tables, and Boolean Expressions

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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…

Basic Electromagnetic Relays

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

Integrated Circuits

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

Karnaugh Mapping

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

Analog Lab - 555 Oscillator (Astable Multivibrator)

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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.

Introduction to Digital Communication

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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…

Modern Nonmechanical Memory

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Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…

Programmable Logic Controllers

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

555 Lab - Monostable Multivibrator (One-shot)

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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.

Microprocessors

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

Capacitor Impedance Calculator

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This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.

Physical Effects of Electricity

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Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…

Contributors (5)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

DC Transducers

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Research and describe what the Hall effect is, and list some practical…

Binary Subtraction

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

Optoelectronic Devices

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In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…

AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

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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.

Winding Configurations

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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

The Quadratic Formula

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Solving for x in a given polynomial equation “ax2 + bx + c…

Si Lab - Simple Op Amp

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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.

Quantum Devices

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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…

Noise Figure and Noise Temperature Calculator

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This calculator computes the noise figure and noise temperature in a system

Open-Loop OpAmp Circuits

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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…

Ammeter Design

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What would happen to this meter movement, if connected directly to a…

Active-mode Operation (JFET)

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JFETs, like bipolar transistors, are able to “throttle”…

TTL NOR and OR gates

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TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…

Tachogenerators

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An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…

Circuit Wiring

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So far, we’ve been analyzing single-battery, single-resistor…

Elementary Amplifier Theory

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Fundamentally, an amplifier is a device that takes in a low-power…

PN Junctions

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