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Define a circuit

A never ending looped pathway for electrons and consists of sources, loads and conductors.

Define current

The continuous movement of free electrons through the conductors of a circuit

Define voltage

The potential energy difference between two points of Separated electric charge

Define resistance

A materials opposition to the flow of an electrical current

Define resistance

A materials opposition to the flow of an electrical current

Define power

Electric power is the rate at which work is done

Define grounding

A permanent and continuous conductive path to earth

What is the main difference between an analog and a digital waveform?

Analog quantity has a continuous set of values


Digital quantity has a discrete set of values

What are three advantages of digital technology

-Compact storage


-Less affected by noise


-Ease of fabrication


-Programmable operation


-Data processed and transmitted more fission

How can an analog waveform be converted to digital waveform

Sampling and quantization using a analog to digital converter

Digital electronics in____?

Binary

The voltages used to represent a 1 (high) and a 0(low) are called?

Logic levels

The interdisciplinary field the comprises both analogue and digital components are known as?

Mechatronics

Define binary



What is it comprised of?

A two state number system



0’s & 1’s called bits

What is positive logic

1 is represented by the higher voltage

In the conventional numbering system (decimal) We use how many digits?

10



0-9

What kind of numbering system Do we use in a digital circuit?

Binary (2 digits)

How many bits in a byte?



How many bytes in a word?

8 bits in a byte



2 bytes (16 bits) In a word

In practical situations Binary digits are represented by


______ _______?

Voltage levels

If binary 1 is high between 2-5volts, and low is between 0-0.8v.



What does 0.8-2v represent?

Invalid voltage

A digital waveform is made up of a _________ ___ __________.

Series of pulses

What is the difference between An IDEAL PULSE and a NON-IDEAL PULSE

- ideal pulse changes state instantaneously



- non ideal does not due to effects (droop, ringing etc)

Label 1-9

Back (Definition)

Define a PERIOD (T)



What’s the formula in relation to frequency

A periodic pulse waveform is one that repeats itself at a fixed interval



T(secs) = 1/f(Hz)


Define frequency (f)

The rate at which it repeats it self and is measured in hertz

Define duty cycle



Formula?

The ratio of the pulse width(tw) to the period (T)



Duty cycle= (tw/T)*100%

The time required for a post to go from low to high is called the_________.



When is this measured?

Rise time (tr)



10% of pulse amplitude to 90%

Fall time (tf) is measured from _______to________ of the pulse ________.

90% to 10%. Amplitude

What is the measure of the duration of the pulse?



How is it defined?

Pulse width (tw)



Time interval between both 50% points of rising and falling edges

Define amplitude

The height from the baseline,


0 to 100%

A waveform can be classified as either _________ or _________.

Periodic or non-periodic

Describe the characteristics of a digital waveform

Back (Definition)

Define a bit time

Back (Definition)

Define data

Groups of bits that convey some type of info

What is a timing diagram

A graph of the waveforms showing the actual time relationship between of two or more waveforms and how each waveform changes in relation to the others

What is the difference between serial and parallel?



Advantage and disadvantage of each?

Serial Data is sent one bit at a time along a single line


Advantage- one line required


Disadvantage- more time



Parallel Is sent in a group of bits on separate lines at the same time

What are logic functions

Building blocks for more complicated digital circuits like computers using gates

How can logic functions be represented

-symbols


-truth table


- algebraically( Boolean)


-ladder logic


-timing diagrams

An inverter describes what gate

NOT

What is the uncommon condition of an AND gate

1*1=1


ON

What is the uncommon conditioning of an OR gate

0+0=0


OFF

What is the uncommon condition a NAND GATE

1’*1’=0


OFF


What is the uncommon condition a NOR GATE

0*0=1


ON

What condition are you looking for a XOR GATE

Opposites

What condition are you looking for a XNOR GATE

Same

What within a gate compares the quantities indicating = or not=

Comparator



Magnitude comparison

What is the best way to analyze a circuit of logic gates

Truth table

Define encoder



Define decoder

Decimal to binary conversion



Binary to hexadecimal conversion

To broad types of digital integrated circuits are_______ & _________

Fix function and programmable

2 examples of a data storage device are

Register and a flip-flop

Name an analog Quantity other than temperature and sound

Speedometer