16.5 Microprocessor Programming
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular microprocessor chip possesses is specific to that model of...
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16.4 Microprocessors
Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von Neumann postulated that for a computing device to be...
16.3 Finite-state Machine
Feedback is a fascinating engineering principle. It can turn a rather simple device or process into something...
16.2 Look-up Tables
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we know that it is possible to store binary data...
16.1 A Binary Adder
Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits together. Such a device is known as a half-adder,...
15.6 Memory with moving parts: Drives
The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was that of the punched paper card. Joseph Marie...
15.5 Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Read-only memory (ROM) is similar in design to static or dynamic RAM circuits, except that the “latching” mechanism...
15.4 Historical, Nonmechanical Memory Technologies
Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A delay line is any kind of device which delays the...
15.3 Modern Nonmechanical Memory
Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage devices. To start, I want to explore some of the...
15.2 Digital Memory Terms and Concepts
When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not only need some way to store and retrieve it, but...
15.1 Why digital?
Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory technology, I intend to make this chapter unique...
14.8 Practical considerations – Digital Communication
A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the monitoring and control of real-life processes must...
14.7 Network Protocols
Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and voltage levels, connector pinouts, cabling, topology,...
14.6 Network Topology
If we want to connect two digital devices with a network, we would have a kind of network known as...
14.5 Optical Data Communication
A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via electric voltage signals is to use optical (light)...
