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It is important to learn the techniques of converting one number system to another while studying digital electronics or digital computers. This is because, in our day-to-day life we use decimal number systems, while computers use either binary or hexadecimal number systems. In the last lecture articles, we learned about the representation of different number…
The traditional number systems that we learned in school and use every day (decimal, binary, hexadecimal, octal etc.) are positional number systems. In such a system, a number is represented by a string of digits where each digit position has an associated weight. The value of a number is a weighted sum of the digits….
The number of independent digits used in the number system is known as Radix or Base of the number system. Few Relevant Questions and Answers Question: How many digits are there in the base/radix 9 number system?Answer: There are 9 digits in the base/radix 9 number system.Question: What is the largest digit in the base/radix…
In this article, we will discuss the representation of the following number systems Radix or Base of a Number System The number of independent digits used in the number system is known as Radix or Base of the number system. Positional or Weighted Number System The traditional number systems that we learned in school and…
In VLSI, an SoC is an integrated circuit that contains multiple functional blocks, such as processors, memory, interfaces, and peripherals, on a single chip. The main idea behind the SoC concept is to integrate as many components as possible into a single chip to reduce the size, power consumption, and cost of the final product….
In our day-to-day life, we generally use decimal number system for expressing any quantity. For example, when I go to an electronics shop for purchasing a mobile phone – I say that show me one good mobile phone in the range of Rs. 10,000/-. Here, ‘one’ and ‘10,000’ is the use of decimal number system….
The general-purpose digital computer is the best-known example of a digital system. Digital computers have been around since the 1940s, and have been in widespread commercial use since the 1960s. The most striking property of a digital computer is its generality. It can follow a sequence of instructions, called a program, that operates on given…
A pilot project in VLSI refers to a small-scale, initial implementation of a large system with the aim of testing its feasibility, viability and to gather information on the system’s behavior. The objective of a pilot project is to minimize risk and ensure that the system will meet the needs of the end-users. This information…
The real-world signals are analog. However, processing, communicating, and storing data in digital form is advantageous over analog form. Therefore, the analog signal is converted to digital form at the transmitter end and again converted back to analog form at the receiver end. The following are multiple advantages of digital over analog. Previous …
A test chip is a small-scale integrated circuit that is specifically designed for testing purposes, feasibility checks and performance analysis. It serves as a platform for evaluating the functionality of individual circuit blocks, testing the reliability of manufacturing processes, and verifying the performance of the design before it is implemented in a larger chip. Test…