Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…
The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…
Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…
Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an edge-triggered S-R flip-flop, learn the difference between a latch and a flip-flop, and experience how switch bounce can cause logic errors.
A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.
Read-only memory (ROM) is similar in design to static or dynamic RAM…
Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…
Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…
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.
Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…
TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna
An often neglected area of study in modern electronics is that of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
The benefits of scientific notation do not end with ease of writing…
Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…
The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…
So far, we’ve only been able to escape the sheer volume of…
Constant rule Rule of sums Rule of differences Product rule Quotient…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
What Is Kirchhoff’s Current Law? Kirchhoff’s Current Law,…
The half-adder is extremely useful until you want to add more than one…
Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two AAA Batteries Battery Clip (Radio Shack…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
PARTS AND MATERIALS One NPN transistor—models 2N2222 or 2N3403…
In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…
Voltage Components in a parallel circuit share the same voltage:…
An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…
Guidelines to Series-Parallel Combination Circuit Analysis The goal of…
