A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…
Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…
Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…
In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…
Serial-in, serial-out shift registers delay data by one clock time for…
A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…
One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
What factors determine where potentiometers Rpot1 and Rpot2 must be…
Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…
Serial-in, serial-out shift registers delay data by one clock time for…
At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Connecting digital circuitry to sensor devices is simple if the sensor…
Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
A Logic Gate is assigned as an elementary building block of…
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.
This series LED resistance calculator is perfect for when you have a single LED or a number of the same color of LEDs in series and need to know which resistor you should use.
If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
The half-adder is extremely useful until you want to add more than one…
So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
We can take the same components from the series circuit and rearrange…
Metric Prefixes Yotta = 1024 Symbol: Y Zetta = 1021 Symbol: Z…
Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…
Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…
Decibel as Absolute Unit of Power It is also possible to use the…
Define the following metrological terms: • Uncertainty • Accuracy…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.
What will happen to the brightness of the light bulb as the iron core…
This page provides a step-by-step introduction to using the mesh…
The structure behind ladder logic is based on the electrical ladder…
A calculator designed to calculate the trace width of a stripline based on the maximum current rating
What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…
Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a digital combination lock with LED output indicators and learn about XOR gate functionality and how to implement NOR logic functionality using diodes.