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

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

Programmable Logic Controllers

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The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…

Insulated Gate Field-Effect Transistors

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

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

Binary Addition

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The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…

Digital Lab - S-R Latch With Enable Input using NAND Gates

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.

555 Timer Astable Oscillator Circuit

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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.

Circuit Simplification Examples

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Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…

Boolean Algebraic Properties

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Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property”…

Digital Logic Functions

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

Insulated Gate Field-Effect Transistors

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

555 Lab - Red LED Flasher

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.

Karnaugh Mapping

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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…

Asynchronous Flip-Flop Inputs

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

Relay Construction

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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…

Delta-Sigma ADC

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One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…

Encoders and Decoders

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

Introduction to Shift Registers

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

Modern Nonmechanical Memory

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Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…

Basic Electromagnetic Relays

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

Digital Ramp ADC

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

Multiple-input Gates

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The Use of Logic Gate Inverters and buffers exhaust the possibilities…

Minterm vs Maxterm Solution

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So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…

Look-up Tables

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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…

The “Operational” Amplifier

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Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…

Minterm vs Maxterm Solution

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So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…

Specific Resistance of Conductors

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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…

The J-K Flip-Flop

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

Contributors (9)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Node Voltage Method

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The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…

Inductive Reactance

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

IGBTs

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Because of their insulated gates, IGFETs of all types have extremely…

Switches, Hand Actuated

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A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…

The Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) as a Switch

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Bipolar junction transistors (Also known as BJTs) can be used as an…

Electron Activity in Chemical Reactions

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So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…

Voltage-to-Current Signal Conversion

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In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…

Active Versus Passive Devices

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Passive Devices Components incapable of controlling current by means…

Capacitor Impedance Calculator

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This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.

Comparator with Hysteresis (Schmitt Trigger) Calculator

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This calculator will compute the required resistor ratio (R2/R1) and reference voltage (VREF) to create the desired high (VTH) and low (VTL) threshold voltages in a non-inverting comparator circuit with hysteresis (commonly called a Schmitt trigger).

Fundamentals of SPICE programming

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Programming a circuit simulation with SPICE is much like programming…

Ammeter Design

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Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…

Ohm’s Law

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For a given amount of water pressure, which will flow a greater rate…

Si Lab - Full-wave Bridge Rectifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave bridge rectifier using silicon diodes and learn some of this circuit's advantages and disadvantages.

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…