Prof. Dr. Thorsten Jungmann (last updated 2026-10-04)
Overview of this lesson
What is this lesson about? – The guiding questions:
- How does the light in a stairwell know when to switch itself off again?
- Why does one press of the SET button on a microwave sometimes skip several settings?
- Every 150 ms a heat pump sends its data: where does the steady beat come from that keeps a digital circuit ticking?
What will you be able to do at the end of this lesson? – The intended learning outcomes:
- You implement timing functions with delay elements and with monostable and astable multivibrators.
- You explain hysteresis and the Schmitt trigger.
- You debounce a push-button and explain how a shift register works.
What will you know at the end of this lesson? – The building blocks of knowledge:
- Delay elements
- Monostable and astable multivibrators
- Hysteresis and the Schmitt trigger
- Applications: debouncing and shift registers
How is the content organized? – The structure:
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