Description
Introduction to digital systems
Book summary
This manual offers a clear and structured introduction to the world of digital systems, focusing on the operation of logic circuits and their fundamental building blocks. The reader will discover how electronic devices, acting as controlled switches, process binary signals to represent numerical or coded data. The work explores the basic principles of digital signals, their application in communication, control, and computing, and analyzes essential components such as logic, arithmetic, and memory circuits. A practical resource for understanding the technological foundations that underpin modern digital systems.
What is it about?
The book focuses on the study of logic circuits as the constituent elements of digital systems. It explains how binary signals, with only two discrete levels, are the basis for information processing in computers, communication, control, and instrumentation systems. The author breaks down the fundamental operations performed in these systems, even in large-scale ones, and emphasizes the constituent blocks of the main manufacturing technologies. Through a didactic approach, the principles of logic, arithmetic, and memory circuits are addressed, as well as input and output devices, offering a complete overview of the foundations of digital electronics.
Main topics
- Fundamentals of binary signals and their representation of numerical or coded data.
- Operating principles of logic circuits as the basis of digital systems.
- Applications of digital systems in communication, control, instrumentation, and computing.
- Fundamental constituent blocks: logic, arithmetic, and memory circuits.
- Manufacturing technologies and their essential components in digital electronics.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is recommended for engineering, computer science, or electronics students who are beginning to design and understand digital systems. It is also useful for professionals who wish to consolidate the basic concepts of logic circuits and manufacturing technologies, as well as for anyone interested in the foundations of digital electronics and binary signal processing.
What this book offers
- Provides a solid foundation for understanding the operation of logic circuits and binary systems.
- Facilitates learning the fundamental constituent blocks of digital technologies.
- Offers a practical view of the application of digital signals in communication, control, and computing.
- Helps lay the groundwork for more advanced studies in digital systems design.
Technical specifications
- Author: Benjamí Iñiguez Nicolau, Lluís F. Marsal
- Publisher: Eumo Editorial SAU
- Language: Catalan
- Subject: Computer science: general issues, digital lifestyles
- Collection: EINA
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: June 2004
- Number of pages: 128
- Weight: 317 g
Editorial review
This book is a well-structured introductory tool for anyone wishing to understand the basic principles of digital systems. Its clarity in the presentation of logic circuits and fundamental blocks makes it an appropriate resource for students and professionals looking for a solid foundation in digital electronics. Despite its brevity, it covers essential concepts in a practical way, which makes it especially useful for a first approach to the subject.