Computers Technology

How Computers Add A Logical Approach

We looked at Number Systems and counting (see It’s a Binary World – How Computers Count) last time. As a quick refresher, we saw that computers are made up of many units of 0 and 1, the binary system. 1 is the highest digit possible so numbers in the computer are stored as for example 1010 or 10 in decimal.…

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Communications

Telephone Headsets Wireless Headsets Are They Safe

There’s an ongoing debate over the effects of radio transmission waves emitted by wireless products and their effect upon people. Anecdotal evidence suggests that there is a strong link to the frequent use of cell phones and some very unpleasant health issues. These concerns flow over to other radio devices too, and we, those that sell these items, are continually…

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Computers Technology

History Of The Computerflip Flops A Basic Counter

Flip-Flops – A basic counter We looked at the Binary system, and basic computer logic elements, in previous articles, “It’s a binary world – how computers count” and “How computers add – a logical approach”. Now we can combine two parts of these articles to look at a counter. Another common logic element in a computer is a counter or…

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