Theory of digital automata (Q448908)

This book is designed to serve as a first course in digital automata and digital systems, providing students at the sophomore level with an introduction to the world of digital electronics and computation. Also, the book attempts to satisfy three goals: to combine the study of circuits and digital electronics within a single, unified treatment, to establish a strong connection with the contemporary worlds of both types of digital systems, and to build a bridge between the world of logic and the world of large digital systems. The book contains nine chapters, ``Digital and analog quantities''; ``Number systems, operations, and codes''; ``Binary arithmetic''; ``Error correction in digital systems''; ``Boolean algebra''; ``Basic logical functions and gates. Logic design''; ``Minimizing Boolean functions''; ``Latches, flip-flops, counters, registers, timer, multiplexer, decoder''; ``Machines Moore and Mealy''; four appendices, a glossary, a list of references and a subject index. The book includes many figures and examples treated in detail; Appendix A contains examples of programs (Delphi, C\(\#\)) for simulating the operation of digital automata.