One assumption made by most standard texts is that experimenting with digital electronics cannot be done easily. But, digital guru and author Myke Predko will show how readers can set up their own apparatus for experimenting with digital electronics for less than $10.

The field of teaching digital electronics has not changed significantly in the past 20 years. Many of the same books that first became available in the late 1970s and early 1980s are still being used as basic texts. In the 20+ years since these were written, the basic rules have not changed, but they do not provide strong links to modern electronics including CMOS logic, Programmable Logic Devices and microprocessor/microcontroller interfacing. Courses teaching introductory digital electronics will fill in the missing areas of information for students, but neither the instructors nor students have resources to explain modern technology and interfaces. One assumption made by all the standard texts is that experimenting with digital electronics cannot be done easily - in the proposed book, "digital guru" Myke Predko will show how readers can set up their own apparatus for experimenting with digital electronics for less than $10.

• PREFACE

  ACKNOWLEDGMENT

  Part One: Introduction to Digital Electronics

  Chapter 1: The Underpinnings of Digital Electronics

  Chapter 2: Effectively Optimizing Combinatorial Circuits

  Chapter 3: Creating Digital Electronic Circuits

  Chapter 4: Number Systems

  Chapter 5: Binary Arithmetic Using Digital Electronics

  Chapter 6: Practical Combinatorial Circuit Implementation

  Chapter 7: Feedback and Sequential Circuits

  Test for Part One

  Part Two: Digital Electronics Applications

  Chapter 8: Oscillators

  Chapter 9: Complex Sequential Circuits

  Chapter 10: Circuit Interfaces

  Chapter 11: Reading Datasheets

  Chapter 12: Computer Processors and Support

  Chapter 13: PC Interfacing Basics

  Test for Part Two

  Final Exam

  APPENDIX: ANSWERS TO QUIZ, TESTS, AND FINAL EXAM

  INDEX