[sdiy] Finding the correct IC...

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At 11:11 AM +0000 06/20/02, Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
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>I had been taught a DEC school that it stands for Data, because it's basic
>purpose is simply to store 1 bit of data.

Isn't that true of every flip-flop??

>Whether the surrounding logic
>implements a delay of transfer of that data is irrelevant.

It doesn't seem irrelevant considering the other flip-flops that do not
rely on clock inputs don't do that.

> Whatever "data"
>is at the D input at clock time gets transferred to and is held at the Q
>>output.

Right, it's delayed by the clock :)

>So if you like Data, great, if you like Delay, great too, just know
>what a D flipflop is and what it does and you'll be good to go.

This is true.