I EXAMPLE 3-25

FIGURE 3-71

In most cases, you will be troubleshooting ICs that are mounted on PC boards or proto-

type assemblies and interconnected with other ICs. As you progress through this book, you

will learn how different types of digital ICs are used together to pelfonn system functions.

At this point, however. we are concentrating on individual IC gates. This limitation does not

prevent us from looking at the system concept at a very basic and simplified level.

To continue the emphasis on systems, Examples 3-25 and 3-26 deal with troubleshoot-

ing the frequency counter that was introduced in Section 3-2.