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

Textbook

Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…

Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

Worksheets - Processors

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

Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

Worksheets - Processors

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

Digital Lab - 10-bit Flashing LED Sequencer

Textbook

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 S-R Latch

Textbook

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

Latch Circuits

Worksheets - Processors

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

Networks and Busses

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

Quantum Devices

Textbook

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

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

Textbook

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

Digital Logic Functions

Textbook

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

Counters

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

Shift Registers: Serial-in, Serial-out

Textbook

Serial-in, serial-out shift registers delay data by one clock time for…

Why digital?

Textbook

Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…

Stepper Motors

Worksheets - Processors

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

Microprocessors

Textbook

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

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Synchronous Counters

Textbook

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

Tracking ADC

Textbook

A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…

Electromechanical Relay Logic

Worksheets - Processors

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

Basic Electromagnetic Relays

Worksheets - Processors

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

Shift Registers

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

The J-K Flip-Flop

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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…

Encoders and Decoders

Worksheets - Processors

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

Introduction to Karnaugh Mapping

Textbook

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

Programmable Logic Technology

Worksheets - Processors

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

Octal and Hexadecimal Numeration

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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…

Introduction to Shift Registers

Textbook

Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential logic.…

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

555 Lab - Advanced Red LED Flasher

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a red LED flasher with a transistor drive to control the current and learn how to use transistors to provide current gain and how to limit LED current.

Design Project: Stepper Motor Driver

Worksheets - Processors

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

Larger 5 & 6-variable Karnaugh Maps

Textbook

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

Design Project: Logic Probe

Worksheets - Processors

What factors determine where potentiometers Rpot1 and Rpot2 must be…

Digital Ramp ADC

Textbook

Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…

Introduction to Boolean Algebra

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

Asynchronous Flip-Flop Inputs

Textbook

The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…

Stepper Motors

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

Venn Diagrams and Sets

Textbook

Mathematicians use Venn diagrams to show the logical relationships of…

Vol III. Credits

Textbook

All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

Multiplexers

Textbook

A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…

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

Textbook

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

Fundamentals of Radio Communication

Worksheets - Processors

What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…

Convert MCD to Lumens

Tools

This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.

Potential Pitfalls

Textbook

Fallacious reasoning and poor interpersonal relations account for more…

Solving Series and Parallel Circuits With the Table Method and Ohm’s Law

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The table method provides a structured methodology for ensuring you…

Basic Operational Amplifiers

Worksheets - Processors

Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…

Inductor Transient Response

Textbook

Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…

Junction Field-effect Transistors

Textbook

The field effect transistor was proposed by Julius Lilienfeld in US…

ElectroStatic Discharge

Textbook

At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…

Torque Conversion Calculator

Tools

A tool designed to convert between units of torque

AC Negative Feedback OpAmp Circuits

Worksheets - Processors

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

Impedance Matching With Transformers

Worksheets - Processors

Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…

Power Supply Circuits

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There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…

Resistors

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Because the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in…

Parallel Circuits and the Application of Ohm’s Law

Textbook

In this introduction to parallel resistance circuits, we will explain…

Permissive and Interlock Circuits

Textbook

A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…

Coil Inductance Calculator

Tools

This calculator computes the inductance of a wire coil.

DC Lab - Parallel Batteries

Textbook

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in parallel to power a light and learn the relationship between the individual battery currents and the total system current.

Introduction to Solid-state Device Theory

Textbook

This chapter will cover the physics behind the operation of…

Voltage and Current

Textbook

As was previously mentioned, we need more than just a continuous path…

Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

Textbook

In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.