Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…
A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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.
A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…
The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…
We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…
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Serial-in, serial-out shift registers delay data by one clock time for…
Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…
In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…
Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential logic.…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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.
At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…
What factors determine where potentiometers Rpot1 and Rpot2 must be…
Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…
Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…
The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…
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Mathematicians use Venn diagrams to show the logical relationships of…
All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…
What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…
This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
Fallacious reasoning and poor interpersonal relations account for more…
The table method provides a structured methodology for ensuring you…
Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…
Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…
The field effect transistor was proposed by Julius Lilienfeld in US…
At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
A tool designed to convert between units of torque
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…
There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…
Because the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in…
In this introduction to parallel resistance circuits, we will explain…
A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…
This calculator computes the inductance of a wire coil.
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.
This chapter will cover the physics behind the operation of…
As was previously mentioned, we need more than just a continuous path…
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.
