Digital Circuits Made Easy

In Digital Circuits Made Easy, you'll learn ...

• The basic circuits that are used in most our digital devices and how they work
• Conversion between digital systems and analog systems
• How to use Truth Tables and Min Term Maps
• Digital logic gates, Amplifiers, Inverters, Exor, and Exnor gates

Overview

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Credit: 1 CPD

Length: 25 pages

Digital computers have taken over a lot of our lives in the last 40 or 50 years. I think that it would be a good idea if people, including engineers, had more of an idea of the circuits that actually make computers work. All of the logic in computers is done with simple circuits called gates. All of the logic is also done using Boolean Algebra which has only 0’s and 1’s as the numbers that are used.

This course provides a very simple and easy way to look at the basic circuits that are used in most of our digital devices. The digital operations are done very quickly because the circuits work so quickly. This is just a start on digital circuits and the way that they work. Implementing these basic logic gates to actually make a computer do something is a whole other world.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Define a digital bit and its applications with sufficient accuracy to distinguish it from related concepts.
• Determine how to convert between digital and analog systems with sufficient accuracy to distinguish these systems from related concepts.
• Implement truth tables and minterm maps in a representative engineering or safety scenario.
• Describe digital logic gates, including amplifiers, inverters, XOR, and XNOR gates, and demonstrate understanding through an assessment question or scenario.
• Explain the meanings of AND, OR, NAND, and NOR as they relate to digital circuits and demonstrate understanding through an assessment question or scenario.
• Identify De Morgan’s Theorems, Boolean Algebra, and Venn diagrams and explain how these concepts apply to digital circuits, and demonstrate understanding through an assessment question or scenario.

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. CPD credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.