A variety of logic-circuit techniques have been in use since the 1960s, when integrated logic first came into existence. In the beginning was Resistor-Transistor Logic (RTL). Then came ...
During board bring-up and multimeter probing, he found that the 1.8 V-shifted RESET signal went down to 1.0V — and its 3.3 V counterpart stayed at 2.6V. Was it a current fight between GPIOs? A faulty ...
The 74HC00 data sheet warns that inputs must not be allowed to float because this makes the output indeterminate. Now, that in itself is a good reason, but there is more… In my previous column, we ...