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In the previous chapter we made some statements regarding various features of digital logic systems; for example, we stated that they could easily represent the binary digits zero and one because these could be mapped onto low and high electrical signals. The goal of this chapter is to expand on these statements by showing how they are satisfied using basic physics. Since most people learn about physics in school and an in-depth discussion would require another book, our goal is not rigorous accuracy but simply a rough recap and overview of the pertinent details. Using this starting point, we build higher level digital logic components capable of representing meaningful values and performing useful operations on them. We then look at how simple storage elements can be constructed and how sequences of operations can be performed using state machines and clocks.
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Page, D. (2009). Basics of Digital Logic. In: Practical Introduction to Computer Architecture. Texts in Computer Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-256-6_2
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