Robert Hanson, M.S.E.E., President, Americom Seminars, Internationally Recognized Expert with over 35 years of experience. Americom Seminars has provided outstanding electrical engineering seminars for over 16 years! Mr. Hanson teaches a variety of courses. Choose from any of Robert Hanson's renowned high technology seminars. Each is carefully designed to meet your needs and Mr. Hanson comes to your location. Brochure to e-mail to colleagues Return to main page www.americomseminars.com

Choose the seminar you are interested in for more information. Mr. Hanson will present to your company on your schedule. One person, several people, many people can attend; Mr. Hanson can present on ANY day of the week and can present during the mornings, afternoons, and evenings. Essentials of Digital Technology Course Join Robert Hanson for an outstanding seminar covering the key elements of digital design. This seminar focuses on the digital ICs that are the building blocks in a PC. Starting with basic logic-gate operations, the seminar carries you step-by-step through displays, memories, counters, I/O devices, and arithmetic circuits, finally offering you an opportunity to combine all components to build a PC. The information you learn in this course is critical because digital circuits and digital signal- processing techniques enhance the performance of equipment in such diverse business applications as communications, medical electronics, automotive electronics, and industrial process control. The most prevalent of all digital systems is the personal computer, which exemplifies a system that encompasses all types of digital circuits. Got questions about a seminar at your location? Info about having a seminar at your site! Email us at americomseminars@aol.com Benefits of attending the  Essentials of Digital Technology Seminar This seminar is designed for Electrical Engineers who are new to the circuit design profession and for EEs who want a refresher in digital design disciplines. If you work on PCB layout, testing, quality, and manufacturing and you desire an understanding of digital circuit operation with products they must interface, this course is for you. If you are a software engineer who wants better visibility between the software coding and how it relates to computer hardware, this course is for you. If you are a manager who has responsibility for digital designs, but have not had the time to stay current with logic and computer technology, this course is for you. With this course, you will: Build a competitive edge in your career by gaining a working knowledge of how digital systems are implemented Learn how to interpret integrated circuit specifications Understand basic circuit assembly and manufacturing processes Acquire familiarity with the applications of digital building block ICs in practical electronic systems You will learn new insights and timely information on critical aspects of digital design. Robert Hanson clearly explains key concepts, offers examples, and provides many opportunities for actual practice and use of electronics essentials. From this newly gained knowledge, you can address digital design issues more effectively. Got questions about a seminar at your location? Info about having a seminar at your site! Email us at americomseminars@aol.com Essentials of Digital Technology Course Outline This course is for anyone who wishes to enhance their understanding of digital design. Course Outline Computers: History, micros and minis, how does a computer function, input-output dvices, CPU, arithmetic logic units, RAMs, PROMs, busses, microcode peripherals, disks, printers, hard drives. Digital Electronics: What is a digital circuit? Where are the digital circuits used? Why use digital circuits? Numbers used in Digital Electronics: Counting in decimal and binary, place value, binary to decimal conversion, decimal to binary conversion, hexadecimal numbers, and octal numbers. Device Construction and Integrated Circuits: Doping, diodes, transistors, FETs, SCRs, IBGTs, IC construction, common types of ICs including MOS devices, CMOS, NMOS, PMOS. Binary Logic Gates: AND, OR, Inverter, Buffer, NAND, NOR, Exclusive OR and Exclusive NOR, the NAND Gate as a universal gate, multi-input gates, using inverters to convert gates, practical TTL and CMOs logic gates, PLAs, PALs, and Tri-State. Using Binary Logic Gates: Boolean expressions: constructing circuits, drawing a circuit from a Maxterm Expression, and truth tables; sample problems for simplifying Boolean expressions; Karnaugh maps using NAND logic, Karnaugh maps with three and four variables. "Excellent content. Bob Hanson is very knowledgeable but most importantly he explains how things work." Participant in Mr. Hanson’s seminar. Course Outline continued IC Specifications and Simple Interfacing: Logic levels and noise margins, digital IC specfications for MOS and CMOS ICs, interfacing TTL and CMOS with switches, LEDs and logic interfacing, interfacing with buzzers, relays, motors, and solenoids. Encoding, Decoding, and Seven-Segment Displays: Codes (8421 BCD, Gray and ASCII) encoders, seven-segment LED displays decoders, BCD-to-seven segment decoder/drivers, liquid crystal displays, using CMOS to drive an LCD display Flip-Flops: The R-S flip-flop and the clocked R-S flip-flop, the D flip-flop and the J-K flip-flop, IC latches, triggering flip-flops and Schmitt triggers. Counters: Ripple, mod-10, synchronous, up-down and self-stopping, counters as frequency dividers, TTL and CMOS IC counters. Shift Registers: Serial load, parallel load and universal 8-Bit CMOS Shift register, using shift registers. Arithmetic Circuits: Half and full adders, arithmetic logic units. Memories: Random-Access Memory (RMA), static and dynaic RAM ICs, and RAM mechanization, Read-Only Memory (RAM), using a ROM and Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM), nonvolatile read/write memory, microcomputer memory, Operation and programming of ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, and Flash RAM. Revisiting the PC: How the PC functions from a more detailed viewpoint. Connecting with Analog Devices: D/A Conversion: basic and ladder type, operational amplifiers and A/D Converters. Got questions about a seminar at your location? Info about having a seminar at your site! Email us at americomseminars@aol.com Comments about the web pages, contact Jim Hanson at hansonjb@gmail.com www.americomseminars.com

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