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Tri-state Multiplexing
Charlieplexing (also known as tristate multiplexing, reduced pin-count LED multiplexing, complementary LED drive and crossplexing) is a technique for accessing a large number of LED, LEDs, switches, micro-capacitors or other I/O entities, using relatively few tri-state logic wires from a microcontroller. These I/O entities can be wired as discrete components, x/y arrays, or woven in a diagonally intersecting pattern to form diagonal arrays. Etymology Although the technique was introduced in 2001 by Maxim Integrated, the name "Charlieplexing", however, first occurred in a 2003 application note. It was named after Charles "Charlie" M. Allen, an applications engineer of MAX232 fame, who had proposed this method internally. How and why to use Charlieplexing The simplest way to address a single pixel (or input button) is to run a wire out to it and another wire back to ground, but this requires a lot of wiring. A slight improvement is to have everything return on a common gro ...
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Reverse Bias
Reverse or reversing may refer to: Arts and media * ''Reverse'' (Eldritch album), 2001 * ''Reverse'' (2009 film), a Polish comedy-drama film * ''Reverse'' (2019 film), an Iranian crime-drama film * ''Reverse'' (Morandi album), 2005 * ''Reverse'' (TV series), a 2017–2018 South Korean television series *"Reverse", a 2014 song by SomeKindaWonderful * REVERSE art gallery, in Brooklyn, NY, US * Reverse tape effects including backmasking, the recording of sound in reverse * '' Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering'', a book by Eldad Eilam *''Tegami Bachi: REVERSE'', the second season of the '' Tegami Bachi'' anime series, 2010 Driving * Reverse gear, in a motor or mechanical transmission * Reversing (vehicle maneuver), reversing the direction of a vehicle * Turning a vehicle through 180 degrees Sports and games * Reverse (American football), a trick play in American football * Reverse swing, a cricket delivery * Reverse (bridge), a type of bid in contract bridge Technology * ...
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Diode Matrix
A diode matrix is a two-dimensional grid of wires: each "intersection" wherein one-row crosses over another has either a diode A diode is a two-Terminal (electronics), terminal electronic component that conducts electric current primarily in One-way traffic, one direction (asymmetric electrical conductance, conductance). It has low (ideally zero) Electrical resistance ... connecting them, or the wires are isolated from each other. It is one of the popular techniques for implementing a read-only memory. A diode matrix is used as the control store or microprogram in many early computers. A logically equivalent transistor matrix is still used as the control store or microprogram or 'decode ROM' in many modern microprocessors. A single row of the diode matrix (or transistor matrix) is activated at any one instant. Charge flows through each diode connected to that row. That activates the column corresponding to each row. The only activated control signals during that instant w ...
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Printed Circuit Board
A printed circuit board (PCB), also called printed wiring board (PWB), is a Lamination, laminated sandwich structure of electrical conduction, conductive and Insulator (electricity), insulating layers, each with a pattern of traces, planes and other features (similar to wires on a flat surface) Chemical milling, etched from one or more sheet layers of copper laminated onto or between sheet layers of a non-conductive substrate. PCBs are used to connect or Electrical wiring, "wire" Electronic component, components to one another in an electronic circuit. Electrical components may be fixed to conductive pads on the outer layers, generally by soldering, which both electrically connects and mechanically fastens the components to the board. Another manufacturing process adds Via (electronics), vias, metal-lined drilled holes that enable electrical interconnections between conductive layers, to boards with more than a single side. Printed circuit boards are used in nearly all e ...
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PC Keyboard
A computer keyboard is a built-in or peripheral input device modeled after the typewriter keyboard which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches. Replacing early punched cards and paper tape technology, interaction via teleprinter-style keyboards have been the main input method for computers since the 1970s, supplemented by the computer mouse since the 1980s, and the touchscreen since the 2000s. Keyboard keys (buttons) typically have a set of characters engraved or printed on them, and each press of a key typically corresponds to a single written symbol. However, producing some symbols may require pressing and holding several keys simultaneously or in sequence. While most keys produce characters ( letters, numbers or symbols), other keys (such as the escape key) can prompt the computer to execute system commands. In a modern computer, the interpretation of key presses is generally left to the software: the information sent to ...
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