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While transistors still have many useful purposes and are
widely used, the electronics industry is continuing to
develop around DIGITAL circuitry. No longer are TUBES (as
we knew them) being used in modern devices.
DIGITAL LOGIC is a term that describes the overall design
of a device in which "on" and "off" are the keywords -
not... AMPLIFICATION.
It is DIGITAL because it deals with events that can be
defined or characterized by DIGITS or INTEGERS, in contrast
with LINEAR (analog) systems that have an infinite number
of levels that may be encountered. It is LOGIC because it
follows mathematical laws that PREDICTABLY follow a CAUSE.
If you remember in the HAM BONE chapter on AMPLIFICATION -
There, we were talking about a LINEAR relationship between
an INPUT and an OUTPUT. For example, a light dimmer and a
microphone/amp only change AMPLITUDE - in a directly
proportional relationship to the INPUT. It is constantly
fluxuating to match the frequencies of your voice and
therefore doesn't change it too much.
However, in DIGITAL circuitry, the only thing that matters
is that we TURN ON and TURN OFF "gates" as we require. It
isn't much more complicated than an ordinary light switch.
It's either ON or OFF at any given time. That means, that
the voltage at a particular point and time is either +VCC
or -VCC.
"How in the world can you make a digital amplifier?", you
ask. "If all DIGITAL circuits can do is either turn ON and
turn OFF then how can it detect the FREQUENCIES in your
voice?"
It's really pretty easy as you will discover in this HAM
BONE chapter.
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