Contents

1. Introduction
2. A little history
3. Lesson 1. The line and its lamps
   1. 1.1. Idea: the factory on one base
   2. 1.2. Idea: a balanced line
   3. 1.3. Idea: a lamp is the BUSY leg
   4. 1.4. Assembly
   5. 1.5. Check
   6. Lesson 1 insert (Cmd+I)
4. Lesson 2. Two displays
   1. 2.1. Idea: what to count
   2. 2.2. Idea: where the pulses come from
   3. 2.3. Idea: the CD4029 is a 4-bit counter
   4. 2.4. Idea: two CD4029 — eight bits
   5. 2.5. Idea: a display reads a bus
   6. 2.6. Assembly
   7. 2.7. Check
   8. Lesson 2 insert (Cmd+I)
5. Lesson 3. START and the shift
   1. 3.1. Idea: when to release a part
   2. 3.2. Idea: the end of the shift is one bit
   3. 3.3. The formula
   4. 3.4. Idea: what is inside the CD4069 and the CD4081
   5. 3.5. Assembly
   6. 3.6. Check
   7. Lesson 3 insert (Cmd+I)
6. Lesson 4. The experiment: dice
   1. 4.1. Idea: a die at the machine
   2. 4.2. The experiment
   3. 4.3. What to watch during the second shift
   4. 4.4. Why
   5. 4.5. Check
7. What happens and why
8. Summary
9. All the parts