Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
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The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…
The term “combinational” comes to us from mathematics. In…
A mathematician named DeMorgan developed a pair of important rules…
The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an S-R latch using two NOR gates and learn how this type of digital memory operates, including invalid states, race conditions, and the effects of output loading.
Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…
The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
If we were to connect two inverter gates together so that the output…
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The superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes…
Note: all angles (x) must be expressed in units of radians for these…
The Voltage Gain Because amplifiers have the ability to increase the…
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
In addition to voltage and current, there is another important…
The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…
Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
Three-Phase Alternator Let’s take the three-phase alternator…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an edge-triggered S-R flip-flop, learn the difference between a latch and a flip-flop, and experience how a switch bounce can cause logic errors.
As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…
In this hands-on semiconductor experiment, build an improved full-wave rectifier with output filtering and learn about capacitive filtering in AC-to-DC power converters.
What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…
Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…
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In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will create a battery from a potato (yes! a potato) and learn about the relationship between chemical energy and electric energy.
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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