Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
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.
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.
Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…
Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property”…
We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…
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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.
Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…
Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…
What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…
Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…
The Use of Logic Gate Inverters and buffers exhaust the possibilities…
So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…
So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…
Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…
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Because of their insulated gates, IGFETs of all types have extremely…
A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…
Bipolar junction transistors (Also known as BJTs) can be used as an…
So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…
In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…
Passive Devices Components incapable of controlling current by means…
This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.
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).
Programming a circuit simulation with SPICE is much like programming…
Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…
For a given amount of water pressure, which will flow a greater rate…
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.
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…