The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…
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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…
What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.
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What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…
Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
It was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would…
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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a battery-operated circuit with a light and learn about open and short circuit failures.
This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.
This calculator solves for any single missing value in the ideal diode I-V equation for a forward-biased PN-junction diode. Parameters are current, saturation current, voltage, temperature, and ideality factor.
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Power Equation of Ohm’s Law and Joule’s Law …
In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a bridged-tee attenuator.
Because it takes energy to force charge to flow against the opposition…
Older electrical schematics showed connecting wires crossing, while…
Value of time constant in series RC and RL circuits Time…
Passive Devices Components incapable of controlling current by means…
Let’s take the following example circuit and analyze it: …