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| − | [[Image:CSC103ElectricalAndOrCircuits.png|200px|right]] Our ability to define the addition of two binary numbers in terms of logic operations with the operators '''and''', '''or''' and '''not''' is of tremendous importance. Remember that by the time Shannon released his Master's thesis, engineers knew how to efficiently and simply create electrical circuits that could implement the three elementary operators, as illustrated in the diagram to the right. Here we have shown simple circuits, but this could be done just as simply (for | + | [[Image:CSC103ElectricalAndOrCircuits.png|200px|right]] Our ability to define the addition of two binary numbers in terms of logic operations with the operators '''and''', '''or''' and '''not''' is of tremendous importance. Remember that by the time Shannon released his Master's thesis, engineers knew how to efficiently and simply create electrical circuits that could implement the three elementary operators, as illustrated in the diagram to the right. Here we have shown simple circuits that use switches, but this could be done just as simply (for an electronics engineer) using relays, vacuum tubes, or transistors. |
| + | So that's what they just did. They started making simple electronic circuits that worked with a low voltage (5 Volts) and contained several AND circuits, or OR circuits, or NOT circuits. | ||
| + | Below is a picture of such a circuit, with the ''schematics'' of the four '''And''' ''gates'', or '''And''' circuits one would find inside. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:26, 6 February 2012
--D. Thiebaut 15:07, 6 February 2012 (EST)
