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Memory Devices

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

Shift Registers

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

Modern Nonmechanical Memory

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

TTL NAND and AND gates

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Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…

Read-Only Memory (ROM)

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Read-only memory (ROM) is similar in design to static or dynamic RAM…

Memory Devices

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

Microprocessors

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Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…

Power Density Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna

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.

Digital Lab - S-R Flip-flop Using NAND Gates

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an edge-triggered S-R flip-flop, learn the difference between a latch and a flip-flop, and experience how a switch bounce can cause logic errors.

Programmable Logic Technology

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

Arc Flash and Arc Blast

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Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…

Memory with moving parts: “Drives”

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The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…

Historical, Nonmechanical Memory Technologies

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Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…

Flash ADC

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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…

TTL NOR and OR gates

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TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…

Digital Memory Terms and Concepts

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When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…

Digital Lab - S-R Latch Using NOR Gates

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an S-R latch using two NOR gates and learn how this type of digital memory operates, including invalid states, race conditions, and the effects of output loading.

Capacitors

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Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…

Electromechanical Relay Logic

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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…

Likely Failures in Unproven Systems

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“All men are liable to error;” —John Locke Whereas…

Impedance

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

Link Budget Calculator

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A Link Budget puts into account all gains and losses a signal goes through in a system as it is transmitted. The calculator calculates the power of the received signal given amplifier and antenna gains, and medium loss.

Introduction to Digital Communication

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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…

Questions relating to project management

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Temperature Coefficients of Resistance Table

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Temperature coefficient (α) per degree C: Material Element/Alloy…

Oscilloscope Trigger Controls

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A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…

Design Project: Voltmeter

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The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…

Larger 5 & 6-variable Karnaugh Maps

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Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…

Principles of Radio

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One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…

Making a Venn Diagram Look Like a Karnaugh Map

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Starting with circle A in a rectangular A’ universe in figure…

Introduction to Mixed-Frequency AC Signals

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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…

Boolean Rules for Simplification

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Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…

Introduction to Boolean Algebra

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Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…

AC Power

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If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…

DC Lab - Rate-of-change Indicator

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog differentiator circuit that outputs a signal proportional to the rate-of-change and learn about one of the advantages of analog circuits.

Elementary Amplifier Theory

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Fundamentally, an amplifier is a device that takes in a low-power…

Basic Algebra and Graphing for Electric Circuits

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Many different equations used in the analysis of electric circuits may…