How Binary Logic Works, Tech Tips Tuesday

How to understand Binary Logic fast and easy. It's surprisingly simple! This is how your computer, clocks, frequency counters, volt meters, and so on, use binary code. This is the "ground floor" of how binary works.

[AMStationEngineer]

Feeling my years on this one! I remember, back in the day, late '70s, the first redesign of the Zenith System III chassis, when sales representatives from Sencore came-a-calling with advanced dual-trace, digitally triggered scopes, high-quality logic probes, and frequency counters, all in the name of "binary/digital electronics", and the "future of television repair". The aging, "tube moderated" techs said the heck with it, for the most part. The borderline "solid state techs" floundered, and the rest of us took classes at tech schools, colleges, or via correspondence courses (ICS and DeVry, most often) to stay current. Another trip down memory lane, many thanks!

[robertvaldimarsson]

Your tech-tips tuesday series is extremely well made and helpful. I don't miss an episode :)

[TRXLab]

Great beginner lesson on binary logic Paul! Thumps up!

[MichaelLloyd]

I can watch your videos 20 times and never get bored. I program PLC's. Allen Bradly mostly these days, Siemens and many others over the years This is immensely helpful for understanding what goes on in the background

[rajansgs]

First I am giving1000 of thumbs-up for this video, I am not a science graduate, I seen ICs in the electronic components, but the first time I learnt how it works in the real situation. Your explanation and experiment are very impressive. Thanks a lot once again.

[michaelcruz]

Everytime I watch Paul I am amazed. Learning so much. No wonder it only took a handful of videos to become a Patreon supporter!

[JCKLFUL]

No joking around, I was trying to understand this concept for about 30 years and this is the only thing that really made me get it! Thank you so much, as usual!

[gregorychamberlin]

You are the most amazing electronics teacher ever... I finally understand completely

[I]

This is great. I'm completely dumb electronics-wise so lately I have been learning about resistors, capacitors, etc - basic stuff and now this comes my way. Step by step I am becoming more and more literate and although I'm at the beginning, the inside of my receiver and tape recorders don't look intimidating anymore. Thank you for this.

[eienzero]

Now, this is a real lesson! And not the usual so called "tutorials" where you get even more questions than answers. I also had binaries lesson when I went to a Sound Tech school and have never seen it so clear before. Thanks!

[iWinRar]

Amazing couple minutes in and I can basically count in binary. Never thought I'd learn that without alot alot of reading. Such a well done video. I will be binge watching all your videos after Christmas.

[ernieschatz]

It has been so long since I saw a truth table, and in a school setting we get all of the necessary info. Some of the ones the manufacturer provides were as clear as mud, but you've done a great job clarifying all of the labels.

[tomiedotson]

Thanks, Mr. Carlson. This got some old memory cells started. It's has been sens 1976, digital logic (7400 TTL) was a big thing back then. At Fullerton college in Fullerton, Ca. We had a lot of fun with these chips. Mostly slowing them down, their logic trans were in the millions of pulses per second. We made digital clocks (not time clocks, like wrist watches) .

[chipwright]

Mr. Carlson, you are such a wealth of information. To be so knowledgeable and to be able to teach it so clearly is a true gift. I am so glad to have stumbled across your channel.

[thomasmoore]

A great book to learn how logic and linear IC's work is: The Master IC Cookbook. It goes all the way back to first IC's thru 1991 with the 2nd edition, so it doesn't address the advances since then but covers all the basics.
Thanks Paul, great job as always!

[wm]

one 17 min video just outdid 17 weeks in class. GREAT

[MrUbiquitousTech]

Great explanation there Mr. Carlson! I didn't have a clue about binary before, but I get the idea now. The learning never stops!

[censura]

that's the best and most clear explanation I've seen on YouTube. Since college I've wondered how the heck do we know how to use those ICs but never actually has the tools or time to do experiments. I've had lots of electronic components during college years and learned a whole bunch by just testing but never really got a good catch of how ICs work and how to read them. This actually clears up a lot of confusion. Thanks mate 👍 Instantly subscribing.

[Ginomckenzie]

Your awesome - Learned in 17 minutes what would take 1 week to master

[NegruVodka]

my major is english lang and lit. and had no info about what binary is so far. i am just watching this for 12 min and it is like a miracle. thanks so much!