Let us begin our exploration of Boolean algebra by adding numbers…
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NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…
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With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…
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What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…
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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…
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Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…
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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.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
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Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
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While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…
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Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property”…
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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
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Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean…
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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…
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The purpose of the parallel-in/ parallel-out shift register is to take…
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Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…
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A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
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Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…
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The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
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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.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
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A Logic Gate is assigned as an elementary building block of…
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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…
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When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…
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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
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Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…
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Knowing how to generate Gray code should allow us to build larger…
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Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
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By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
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So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
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With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
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The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
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One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…
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Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…
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Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Product of Powers Property am an = am+n Power of a Product…
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Provide a definition for phasor, as the term applies to electrical…
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Power Equation of Ohm’s Law and Joule’s Law …
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Circuits consisting of just one battery and one load resistance are…
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The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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With simple series circuits, all components are connected end-to-end…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
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A calculator for computing the impedance of a wire stripline.
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We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…
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An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…
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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…
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In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.
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