Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius 2/E

SECTION 8The NAND Gate Oscillator

HAVE YOU SEEN THE WIZARD OF OZ? Don’t be frightened, and don’t “ignore the man behind the curtain.” Any technology that one does not understand is often interpreted as “magic!”

Knowledge, Design, Control

As you start to learn how to control digital inputs, you actually start to understand how some of the “whiz-bang” electronics around you actually work. Go out and buy a copy of a monthly electronics magazine. You will actually understand more than you expect. Remember, electronics is not hard—just lots of new information.

Lesson 26 Building the NAND Gate Oscillator

Here, just like the title says, you will incorporate the two unused NAND gates of the 4011 and build an extension onto your existing circuit. That ...