Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
A semiconductor device is one made of silicon or any number of other…
What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…
Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential logic.…
With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Four 6 volt batteries One capacitor, 100 µF…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
While the C-B (common-base) amplifier is known for wider bandwidth…
Additive Identity a + 0 = a Multiplicative Identity 1a = a…
Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Three NPN transistors—model 2N2222 or 2N3403…
Inductors, like all electrical components, have limitations which must…
Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…
In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…
So far, we’ve only been able to escape the sheer volume of…
Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…
A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…
If we add a voltage divider to the negative feedback wiring so that…
In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
<p> Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological…
A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator
At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
In the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
