Charles W Kann
1) Digital Circuit Projects: An Overview of Digital Circuits Through Implementing Integrated Circuits
Author
Series
Publisher
Gettysburg College
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Digital circuits, often called Integrated Circuits or ICs, are the central building blocks of a Central Processing Unit (CPU). To understand how a computer works, it is essential to understand the digital circuits which make up the CPU. This text introduces the most important of these digital circuits; adders, decoders, multiplexers, D flip-flops, and simple state machines. What makes this textbook unique is that it puts the ability to understand...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gettysburg College
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Most computer users have an incorrect, but useful, cognitive metaphor for computers in which the user says (or types or clicks) something and a mystical, almost intelligent or magical, behavior happens. It is not a stretch to describe computer users as believing computers follow the laws of magic, where some magic incantation is entered, and the computer responds with an expected, but magical, behavior. This magic computer does not actually exist....