Category: Tutorials

Logic AND Function

In 1854, George Boole performed an investigation into the “laws of thought” which were based around a simplified version of the “group” or “set” theory, and from

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Binary Coded Decimal

As we have seen in this Binary Numbers section of tutorials, there are many different binary codes used in digital and electronic circuits, each with

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Binary Fractions

We know that decimal (or denary) numbers use the base ten (base-10) numbering system where each digit in a decimal number is allowed to take one

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Octal Number System

The Octal Numbering System is very similar in principle to the previous hexadecimal numbering system except that in Octal, a binary number is divided up into groups

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Hexadecimal Numbers

The one main disadvantage of binary numbers is that the binary string equivalent of a large decimal base-10 number can be quite long. When working with

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Binary Numbers

Unlike a linear, or analogue circuits, such as AC amplifiers, which process signals that are constantly changing from one value to another, for example amplitude

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Bridged-T Attenuator

As its name implies, the bridged-T attenuator has an additional resistive element forming a bridged network across the two series resistors of the standard T-pad. This additional

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Pi-pad Attenuator

The Pi-pad attenuator is so called because its basic layout and design resembles that of the Greek letter pi ( π ), meaning that it has one

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