Introductory Digital Electronics

Following the success of Introductory DC/AC Electronics and Introductory Semiconductor Electronics , Nigel Cook was besieged with requests to follow with an Introductory Digital Electronics book using the same reader-friendly writing style, practical treatment, real-world applications, and troubleshooting that made his other books come to life for the technician-level audience. The book covers binary numbers and logic gates to programmable logic devices and microprocessor-based systems. This book blends basic digital electronic theory with the latest in digital technology. To prepare the reader for the workplace; manufacturer data sheets are integrated into the book, application circuit examples are included, extensive troubleshooting techniques and procedures are applied to all combined chapter application circuits, and the final chapter contains a detailed component-level description of a microprocessor-based system, including schematic diagram interpretation, troubleshooting procedures and typical.

This text takes the student from the very basics of digital electronics to an introduction of state-of-the-art techniques used in the field. It is ideal for any engineering or science student who wishes to study the subject from its basic principles as well as serving as a guide to more advanced topics for readers already familiar with the subject. The coverage is sufficiently in-depth to allow the reader to progress smoothly onto higher level texts.

This practical introduction explains exactly how digital circuits are designed, from the basic circuit to the advanced system. It covers combinational logic circuits, which collect logic signals, to sequential logic circuits, which embody time and memory to progress through sequences of states. The primer also highlights digital arithmetic and the integrated circuits that implement the logic functions.Based on the author's extensive experience in teaching digital electronics to undergraduates, the book translates theory directly into practice and presents the essential information in a compact, digestible style. Worked problems and examples are accompanied by abbreviated solutions, with demonstrations to ensure that the design material and the circuits' operation are fully understood.This is essential reading for any electronic or electrical engineering student new to digital electronics and requiring a succinct yet comprehensive introduction.

This book is an edited version of part of the teaching text used for the Open University's undergraduate course 'T283 Introductory Electronics', first presented in 1980. The original text was pro duced by a course team of nine authors and nine support staff. The team was also responsible for student experimental kits, television and radio programmes. The approach adopted by the course team was to try and teach, where possible, through specification of the problem rather than through discussion of the operation of a selection of available devices and components; since this leads more naturally to modem design strategies such as 'top-down'. The emphasis in the book on the solution of combinational and sequential logic problems by the truth tables and ROMs, rather than logic gates and mapping techniques, illustrates this approach. The book covers topics ranging from logic to microprocessor memory systems and is intended for students with a background in analogue electronics who wish to update their knowledge to include digital electronic systems. Chapter 2 introduces the basic ideas of combinational logic design; truth tables, ROMs, logic gates and Boolean algebra. Chapter 3 deals with sequential logic, and shows how one can design binary and decimal counters and use these to produce a system controller. Chapter 4 examines the system elements needed to interconnect analogue and digital systems.

Designed to provide a comprehensive and practical insight to the basic concepts of Digital Electronics, this book brings together information on theory, operational aspects and practical applications of digital circuits in a succinct style that is suitable for undergraduate students. Spread across 16 chapters, the book walks the student through the first principles and the Karnaugh mapping reduction technique before proceeding to elaborate on the design and implementation of complex digital circuits. With ample examples and exercises to reinforce theory and an exclusive chapter allotted for electronic experiments, this textbook is an ideal classroom companion for students.

The text of the first edition has been entensively revised and supplemented to bring it up to date