Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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Perhaps the most important consideration of an ADC is its resolution.…
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What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
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At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
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A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.
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Feedback is a fascinating engineering principle. It can turn a rather…
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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.
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If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…
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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
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One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…
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Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…
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In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
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A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
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What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…
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For reference, this section introduces the terminology used in some…
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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
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We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…
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A Logic Gate is assigned as an elementary building block of…
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The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
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Let us begin our exploration of Boolean algebra by adding numbers…
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Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
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So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…
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What is an Encoder? An encoder is a circuit that changes a set of…
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Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…
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At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
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Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…
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Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean…
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The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…
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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
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Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…
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A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.
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If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…
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Learn the Power Formula We’ve seen the formula for determining…
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A demultiplexer, sometimes abbreviated dmux, is a circuit that has one…
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Anyone who’s studied geometry should be familiar with the…
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Consider a circuit for a single-phase AC power system, where a 120…
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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
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What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…
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We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…
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Provide a definition for phasor, as the term applies to electrical…
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The concept of a mathematical power is familiar to most students of…
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One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…
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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
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With the notable exception of calculations for power (P), all AC…
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The Inductance Formula Wheeler’s formulas for…
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Arithmetic Sequences An arithmetic sequence is a series of numbers…
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Explain the principle of operation for the particular integrated…
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Decibel as Absolute Unit of Power It is also possible to use the…
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