Description

For courses in Electronics and Electricity Technology

Digital Fundamentals: A Systems Approach offers unique coverage of digital technology with a system emphasis, providing a fundamental grounding in the basic concepts of digital technology and systems reinforced by an abundance of illustrations, examples, applications, and exercises.

Features

For courses in Electronics and Electricity Technology

Digital Fundamentals: A Systems Approach offers unique coverage of digital technology with a system emphasis, providing a fundamental grounding in the basic concepts of digital technology and systems reinforced by an abundance of illustrations, examples, applications, and exercises.

Hallmark Features:

Core fundamentals and basic logic functions are presented using a practical approach with emphasis on operation and application rather than on analysis and design.

• Core fundamentals are presented without being intermingled with more advanced topics.
• Many chapters feature an entire section devoted to a specific system and how it works. Additionally, system-level chapters cover digital data transmission, data processing and control, and buses, networks, and interfacing.
• System Examples illustrate how the basic concepts and logic elements are applied in a system application.
• System Notes present interesting facts and information.
• Multisim is used in selected examples, figures, and problems to provide practice in simulating logic circuits and systems and in troubleshooting.
• Worked examples illustrate core fundamentals and logic functions and require some basic analytical thought.
• Related problems in each worked example relate to the coverage of the example.
• Hands-on-tips (HOT) provide useful and practical information.
• Many chapters include a section on hardware description languages (VHDL and Verilog) that are essential for programmable logic applications.

Chapter pedagogy keeps students focused on learning the concepts.

• Each chapter begins with a chapter outline, objectives, introduction, and key terms list.
• Each section within a chapter begins with an introduction and objectives and concludes with a checkup exercise.
• Each chapter ends with a summary, key term glossary, true/false quiz, self-test, and sectionalized problem set.
• Answers to related problems, section checkups, true/false quiz, and self-test are at the end of each chapter.
• An end-of-book glossary contains all bold and color terms in the text.
• Answers to odd-numbered problems are at the end of the book.
• The Companion Website includes files related to the text, including tutorials, programs, and advanced topics.

The text’s approach to mathematical topics is limited to only essential coverage that a technician or technologist will need on the job.

• Programmable logic is emphasized; fixed-function logic is introduced on a limited basis.

Table of Contents

Ch 1   Introduction to Digital Systems 

Ch 2   Number Systems, Operations, and Codes 

Ch 3   Logic Gates and Gate Combinations

Ch 4   Combinational Logic 

Ch 5   Functions of Combinational Logic

Ch 6   Latches, Flip-Flops, and Timers

Ch 7  Shift Registers

Ch 8   Counters

Ch  9  Programmable Logic

Ch 10   Memory and Storage

Ch 11   Data Transmission
Ch 12   Signal Conversion and Processing 

Ch 13   Data Processing and Control

Ch 14   Buses, Networks, and Interfacing

Appendix A   Conversions  

Appendix B  Security System Components

 

Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems

Glossary 

Index