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Introduction

This book is part of a series on Electric Circuits:

Circuit Theory
Circuit Idea
Digital Circuits
Practical Electronics
Electronics
Analogue Electronics
Semiconductors
Materials in Electronics

This book will serve as an introduction to Digital Circuits. This book will rely heavily on the concepts of Discrete Math, but will not require any previous knowledge of the subject because all necessary math concepts will be developed in the text. This book will, however, assume a knowledge of basic electrical principles such as current, voltage, and resistance, so the reader may want to brush up on their Circuit Theory.

The strength of digital technology in any context is fast, easy duplication with no loss of fidelity. In many media, this serves mainly to streamline distribution. While that aspect cannot be completely overlooked, some artistic endeavors, such as animation, are centered on a process of repeated duplication with systematic changes, so that digital tools often become a central part of the creative process.

In contrast to other visual arts, different parts of a digital process are automated, so that many aspects of the progression are inverted: what would be finish work to a sculptor or painter is prep work to a digital artist; what would otherwise be dictated by the laws of physics or filled in by human neurology might have to be coded into a computer as a systematic rule or painstakingly done by hand near the end of the process.

This book is in an extreme state of infancy, and definitely needs some attention from any contributers with knowledge of this subject. This book is a wiki, so you can help.

Table of Contents

Digital Basics

• Digital Data
• Number Representations
• Representations
• Logic Operations
• Gates
• Karnaugh Maps

Combinational Circuits

• Multiplexers-Demultiplexers
• Encoders-Decoders

State Machines

• Latches
• Flip-Flops
• Registers and Counters
• Finite State Machines
• Optimization

Arithmetic Circuits

• Adders
• Multipliers
• ALU

Semiconductors

• Transistor Basics
• Transistor technologies used in digital circuits

Function Evaluation

• Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS)
• CORDIC
• Sigma-Delta Modulators

Practical Digital Design

• I/O Interfacing

Appendices

• Common Integrated Circuits
• 7400 Series

Further Reading

Wikimedia Resources

• Embedded Systems
• Programmable Logic
• VHDL for FPGA Design - Principles and Practices
• Semiconductors
• Computer Science:Logic

External Links

• Knowledge and Concept of Chip design

Books

• Horowitz and Hill, "The Art of Electronics", ISBN 0521370957
• Tocci, Widmer, and Moss, "Digital Systems: Principles and Applications 10th Edition", ISBN 0131725793