Digital Electronics: A Practical Approach

This easy-to-understand book illustrates practical applications using circuits the user will face in the design engineer field. Electronics Workbench CD-ROM included contains Electronics Workbench Version 5 and EWB Multisim Version 6 circuit data files, as well as solutions to the in-text Altera and Xilinx examples–providing users with additional reinforcement and feedback concerning exercises and problems. Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs); Timing waveforms; MultiSIM simulations of digital circuit applications; Computer generated Boolean logic reductions; Section on event counting with optical switches and Hall-effect switches; Section on connecting multiple I/O to CPLDs; Stepper motors and controller ICs; Section on implementing state machines using VHDL; and ADC and DAC simulations. For design engineers.

A new full-color edition of this widely-adopted best-seller...one that emphasizes analytical reasoning skills and basic digital design using industry-standard ICs. Students learn the practical skills they need to design and troubleshoot the digital circuitry they will face on the job. The author uses actual industry integrated circuits to demonstrate circuit operations, and a solid step-by-step progression is made from fundamentals through more complicated topics. Emphasis is on the basics of circuit design, so that students, knowing the foundational building blocks, can then teach themselves new technology as it appears. Numerous digital system design applications and troubleshooting exercises are provided, along with ample illustrations, examples, and review questions. Additionally, laboratory exercises can be created by having students build, test, debug, and analyze the operation of any of the text's examples.