Page 8 - Bebop to The Boolean Boogie An Unconventional Guide to Electronics Fundamentals, Components, and Processes

Contents

Not a Lot ....................................... 40
Functions versus Gates .................. 43
Chapter 1 Analog versus Digital .... 1

Chapter 2 Atoms. Molecules. and Chapter 6 Using Transistors to
Crystals ...................... 7 Build Primitive Logic
Functions .................. 44
Chapter 3 Conductors and Insulators; NOT and BUF Gates .................... 44
Voltage. Current.
Resistance. Capacitance. NAND and AND Gates ............... 46
and Inductance .......... 12 NOR and OR Gates ...................... 48
Voltage. Current and Resistance .. 13 XNOR and XOR Gates ................ 49
Capacitance ................................... 16 Pass-transistor Logic ...................... 51
Inductance ..................................... 19
Unit Qualifiers .............................. 22 Chapter 7 Alternative Numbering
Systems .................... 52
Decimal (Base-10) ........................ 52
Chapter 4 Semiconductors: Diodes
and Transistors ......... 24 Duo-Decimal (Base-12) ................ 54
The Electromechanical Relay ....... 24 Sexagesimal (Base-60) .................. 55
The First Vacuum Tubes ............... 25 The Concepts of Zero and
Semiconductors ............................. 26 Negative Numbers .................. 56

Semiconductor Diodes .................. 28 Vigesimal (Base-20) ...................... 57
Quinary (Base Five) ......................
Bipolar Junction Transistors ......... 29 Binary (Base-2) ............................. 58
Metal-Oxide Semiconductor 59
Field-Effect Transistors ........... 30 Octal (Base-8) and Hexadecimal
The Transistor as a Switch ........... 32 (Base-16) ................................. 61
Gallium Arsenide Representing Numbers Using
Semiconductors ...................... 33 Powers 63
Light-Emitting Diodes .................. 33 Tertiary Logic ................................ 66

Chapter 8 Binary Arithmetic ....... 67
Chapter 5 Primitive Logic
Functions ................. 36 Unsigned Binary Numbers ............ 67
BUF and NOT Functions ............. 38 Binary Addition ............................ 68
AND. OR. and XOR Functions ... 39 Binary Subtraction ........................ 70
NAND. NOR. and XNOR Signed Binary Numbers ................ 75
Functions ................................ 40 Binary Multiplication .................... 78