SECTION 5Digital Logic

THIS COURSE DEALS WITH a vast amount of new information. Remember that electronics is not hard; there’s just lots of new information to learn.

Lesson 15 A Spoiled Billionaire

As we begin the “digital” electronics unit, this lesson shows us a system that we can use to be certain that all of the information is transferred all the time, perfectly. You must be able to count to 255 and know the difference between “on” and “off.”

With apologies to Bill Gates, but inspired by his explanation in his book, The Road Ahead: There is an eccentric billionaire who lives near Seattle. He is particular about his lighting in different rooms of his homes, especially his den. He likes it set at exactly 187 watts. And when you’re rich, ...

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