[sdiy] can someone explain latches?

[Matthew Smith]

Quoth Dan Snazelle at 2009-05-07 07:31...
> ok
> here is something i have always been fuzzy on. i know what a latch CHIP is. but beyond that, when someone brings up using a latch in a circuit i am totally lost.
> 
> is it a storage device? a memory?

Ask, and all shall be revealed:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latch_(electronics)>


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