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&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;margin:0;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #dadada;"&gt;&lt;div style="float:left;display:inline-block;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" data-e14adj="t"&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px"  /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intro to Integrated Circuits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/thelearningcircuit/" data-e14adj="t"&gt;The Learning Circuit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/" data-e14adj="t"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; | &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/4111/vcp-biography-karen" data-e14adj="t"&gt;VCP Biography: Karen&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;text-align:justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;text-align:justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span id="6f242418_77d1_4a93_b474_f72d1c6e2c5d"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igVtLuqmxyM"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;text-align:justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;background-color:#e9f6fc;padding:8px;max-width:744px;text-align:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;Open Sans&amp;#39;, Arial, sans-serif;text-align:justify;"&gt;Any circuits that have more than the most basic of functions requires a little black chip known as an integrated circuit. Integrated circuits, or ICs, fall into 3 categories, analog, digital, or mixed signal. Analog signals can vary in the entire range between the minimum and maximum signals. In the case of this graphic, any voltages between 0V and 5V. Digital signals are typically on or off, high or low, represented by a 1 or 0.&amp;nbsp; Analog ICs are most commonly used for regulation or amplification. Since sound, voice, and music signals are typically analog, they frequently make use of analog ICs. Digital signals, being much simpler as only having two states, allow for the sending and storing of data much more easily and efficiently. Some ICs have components that allow the conversion of analog and digital signals from one to another. These are known as mixed signal ICs. Follow along to learn about voltage regulators, op-amps, logic gates, 555 timers, microcontrollers, ROM, RAM, and more. Have a question about an IC type Karen didn’t cover? Post your questions in the comments below! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/1015x691/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-03-35/5342.contentimage_5F00_117729.png"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/03/35/5342.contentimage_117729.png-620x422.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=aJBKfaFAS4mCy6cyqTLbJEvzguPn3UN2t8zOo1xtwqc%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-05-23T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=vglPP3RF81U5ajHppPS7Gg==" style="max-height: 422px;max-width: 620px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>The Learning Circuit 48: Intro to Integrated Circuits</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/thelearningcircuit/w/documents/4223/intro-to-integrated-circuits----the-learning-circuit-48/revision/1</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:53:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:93ddf197-9b8a-435b-9a82-a2bc0c504c84</guid><dc:creator>rjena</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/thelearningcircuit/w/documents/4223/intro-to-integrated-circuits----the-learning-circuit-48#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to Documents by rjena on 7/24/2019 1:53:39 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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