Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 4001 quad NOR gate (Radio Shack catalog #…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 4011 quad NAND gate (Radio Shack catalog #…
Read-only memory (ROM) is similar in design to static or dynamic RAM…
When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…
Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…
A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…
Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 4011 quad NAND gate (Radio Shack catalog #…
A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…
Valence: The electrons in the outermost shell, or valence shell, are…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Oscilloscope Assortment of non-polarized…
Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
If you’ve used DOS or UNIX operating systems before in a…
With this lesson, I hope to avoid a common mistake found in…
The Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistor (IGFET), also known as…
Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6-volt batteries Three NPN…
It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…
A permanent magnet is a device that retains a magnetic field without…
In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…
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We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…
When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…
It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…
Another strategy for addressing the problem of secondary electrons…
Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…
