CHAPTER 1
Some Basics of TTL.............8
The Two-Input, Positive Logic, nand Gate — A Closer Look — Other Logic Blocks — Packages — Types of TTL Available — Power Supplies and Spike Decoupling — Breadboarding and Mounting Techniques — Testing and Monitoring States — Interface — Tools — "Bad" and "Burned Out" Integrated Circuits — Some Conventions
CHAPTER 2
Some TTL Integrated Circuits.........38
Type Numbers and Descriptions
CHAPTER 3
Logic...................122
The Two-Input Gate as a Simple Switch — State Definitions: What Is a Zero? — One-Input Logic — Two-Input Logic — Other Two-Input Logic Functions — A Trick Called DeMorgan's Theorem — Open-Collector Logic — Tri-State Logic — Advanced Logic Design: Data-Selector Logic — Advanced Logic Design: The Readonly Memory — Some Examples and Logic Design Rules — The ASCII Computer Code
CHAPTER 4
Gate and Timer Circuits............158
Two Cross-Coupled Inverters — Improved Triggering — The Set-Reset Flip-Flop — Edge Triggering — Using RS Flip-Flops — The Schmitt Trigger — A High-Impedance Interface — Other Interface Circuits — Signal Sources — A Wide-Range Voltage-Controlled Oscillator — Another Crystal Oscillator — The 555 and MCI 555
— Two-Tone Alarm — Tempo Generator or Electronic Metronome
— Digital Capacitance Measurement — Brightness Control for a Digital Display — Electronically Variable Time Constant: A Music Attack-Decay Generator — Monostable Multivibrators and Pulse Generators — The Half-Monostable Multivibrator — The 555 as a Monostable Multivibrator — Frequency Meter or Tachometer — Digital Thermometer — Negative-Recovery Circuits — TTL Mono-stable Multivibrators
CHAPTER 5
Clocked Logic—The JK and D-Type Flip-Flops .   .   .   .189
How Does the Clock Work? — The Master-Slave Flip-Flop — The JK Flip-Flop — The D-Туре Flip-Flop — Using the Direct Inputs
— Where Do We Use Flip-Flops? — Digital Readout Memory — High-Speed Deglitcher — Keyboard Debouncer — Digital Sample and Hold — Garbage Eliminator — Electronic Music Keyboard Storage — Shift Registers — Binary Dividers and Counters — Gate Synchronizer — Clock Synchronizer — The One- and-Only-One — The N-and-Only-N — The Resynchronizer — The Ambiguity Re-solver: Removing Bobble — The Bucket Brigade — Sequential Pass-on — Digital Mixer
CHAPTER 6
Divide-By-N Counters.............217
Counter Qualities — Some Pitfalls — Some Low-Modulo Counters
— Some TTL MSI Counters — More Counters — Modulo 6 — Divide-By-7 — Divide-By-8 — Divide-By-9 — Divide-By-10 — Di-vide-By-11 — Divide-By-12 — Thirteen Through Sixteen — Universal Count Sequencers — Unit-Cascaded Counters — Decoding States — Some Decoder Circuits — Matrix Decoding — Driving Readouts — One-Package Counter/Decoders — A Synchronous Up/Down Counting System — An Example: Electronic Music
CHAPTER 7
Shift Registers, Noise Generators, and Rate Multipliers 258 Shift-Register Connections — Which Register? — Self-Resetting Always-Accurate Digital Clock — Character Generator — Another Electronic Stepper — The Walking-Ring Counter — The Odd-Length Walking-Ring Counter — Electronic Dice — Other Shift-Register Counters — The Pseudo-Random Sequencer — Longer Sequences — A Music Composer — The Rate Multiplier — Multiplying and Dividing — Squares and Square Roots
CHAPTER 8
Getting It All Together...........292
Digital Counter and Display Systems — The Speed-Resolution Product — Accuracy — Events Counter — Electronic Stopwatch
— Frequency Counter — Bobble and Update Limitations — Clocks
— Digital Voltmeter — Digital Tachometer — Other Digital Instruments — Some Specialized TTL Applications — A Television Time Display — TV Typewriter — A Printing Computer — Electronic Music Synthesizer — Some TTL Projects
APPENDIX
Manufacturers of TTL and Associated Products .   .   . 328
Index  329