Digital Fundamentals

For Digital Electronics courses requiring a comprehensive text covering basic to advanced digital concepts with an emphasis on problem solving, troubleshooting, and applications.

1. Digital Concepts.

2. Number Systems, Operations, and Codes.

3. Logic Gates.

4. Boolean Algebra and Logic Simplification.

5. Combinational Logic Analysis.

6. Functions of Combinational Logic.

7. Latches, Flip-Flops, and Timers.

8. Counters.

9. Shift Registers.

10. Memory and Storage.

11. Programmable Logic and Software.

12. Introduction to Computers.

13. Introduction to Digital Signal Processing.

14. Integrated Circuit Technologies.

Appendix A: Data Sheets.
Appendix B: Error Detection and Correction Codes.

Appendix C: Conversions.

For Digital Electronics courses requiring a comprehensive text covering basic to advanced digital concepts with an emphasis on problem solving, troubleshooting, and applications.

Digital Fundamentals, 10th Edition gives students the problem-solving experience they’ll need in their professional careers. Known for its clear, accurate explanations of theory supported by superior exercises and examples, this book’s full-color format is packed with the visual aids today’s students need to grasp often complex concepts.

• A basic and limited introduction to hardware description languages. Coverage includes VHDL and Verilog.
• Thorough troubleshooting coverage. Featuring methods for testing programmable logic devices.
• Digital systems applications. A feature at the end of many chapters, each of these illustrates a system application of the topics covered in the respective chapter. Many applications have realistic circuit board and instrumentation graphics to provide a “real-world” aspect.