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Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

Counters

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Why digital?

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Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…

Universal Shift Registers: Parallel-in, Parallel-out

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

Quantum Devices

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

Memory Devices

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The S-R Latch

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

Ring Counters

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

Introduction to Digital Communication

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

Digital Communication

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Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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

Digital Logic Functions

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

Successive Approximation ADC

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One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…

Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

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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.

Boolean Algebra

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Shift Registers

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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,…

Analog-to-Digital Conversion

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

Synchronous Counters

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What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…

Memory Devices

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Read-Only Memory (ROM)

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Read-only memory (ROM) is similar in design to static or dynamic RAM…

Synchronous Counters

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What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…

Introduction to Digital Communication

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

Time-Delay Electromechanical Relays

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What does the normal status of an electrical switch refer to?…

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.

Counters

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Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

Computational Circuits

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When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…

Series-Parallel Combination AC Circuits

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Analysis Techniques for Series Parallel Resistor Circuits

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

The “Buffer” Gate

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If we were to connect two inverter gates together so that the output…

Encoders and Decoders

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

Microprocessors

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

CMOS Gate Circuitry

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

Logic Simplification With Karnaugh Maps

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The logic simplification examples that we have done so far could have…

The Gated S-R Latch

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It is sometimes useful in logic circuits to have a multivibrator which…

Monostable Multivibrators

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We’ve already seen one example of a monostable multivibrator in…

Digital Codes

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

Special-output Gates

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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…

Network Topology

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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…

Wiring Color Codes Infographic

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Wiring Color Codes Infographic. Released under the Creative Commons…

Kirchhoff’s Laws

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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…

pH Measurement

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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…

SPICE Quirks

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“Garbage in, garbage out.” —Anonymous SPICE is a…

IGFET Quirks

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Elementary Circuits

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In the simplest terms you can think of, define what an electrical…

Radio Circuits

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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…

Waveguides

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A waveguide is a special form of transmission line consisting of a…

Differential Transistor Amplifiers

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SPICE Simulation of Series and Parallel Circuits

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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…

Capacitor Sizing Equation

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Capacitance Formula     Permittivity of Dielectric  …

Networks and Busses

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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is  called…

Static Electricity

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What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…

AC Circuit Equations

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Inductive Reactance     Capacitive Reactance    …

EIRP Calculator

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A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna

Single-phase Power Systems

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Single phase power system schematic diagram shows little about the…

Overcurrent Protection

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What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…

Voltage Regulation

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As we saw in a few SPICE analyses earlier in this chapter, the output…

Multiple-input Gates

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