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Timer vs Counter   Keeping track of the numbers and counting is one of the fundamental thoughts of the human civilization. It is often regarded as the origin of mathematics. As civilization advanced, methods for counting also advanced. However, it clearly exceeded the human capacity and methods were invented to... 

Latch vs Flip-Flop   Latch and flip flops are basic building blocks of sequential logic circuits, hence the memory. A sequential logic circuit is a type of digital circuit which responds not only to the present inputs, but to the present state (or past) of the circuit. In order to achieve this functionality,... 

Accelerometer vs Gyroscope   The Accelerometer and gyroscope are two motion sensing devices commonly used in modern technological equipment. Their operation is based on the concept of inertia, which is the reluctance by masses to change its state of motion, hence called inertial measurement units in engineering... 

Limiter vs Compressor   Limiters and compressor are dynamic processor components used in audio mastering and recording. A limiter limits the sound level and the compressor increase the compactness of the sound. Their primary function is keeping volume levels below a predetermined level in recording studios. More... 

Active Filter vs Passive Filter   Filters are a class of electronic circuits used in signal processing, to allow or block a desired signal range or a signal. Filters can be categorized at many levels based on the properties, such as active – passive, analog – digital, linear – non-linear,... 

CMOS vs TTL   With the advent of semiconductor technology, integrated circuits were developed, and they have found its way to every form of technology involving electronics. From communication to medicine, every device has integrated circuits, where circuits, if implemented with ordinary components would... 

LED vs OLED   OLED is a special case of Light Emitting Diodes (LED). When the organic layers are used in fabricating LEDs, they are called OLEDs. Both technologies are widely used in modern displays. They help to reduce the power consumption in a greater scale compared to conventional CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)... 

Capacitive vs Resistive Touchscreen   Touchscreen technology has invaded our mobile phones, tablet PCs, laptops and even desktop computers. Capacitive touchscreen and resistive touchscreen are two technologies used in touchscreens. The underlying principles in these two technologies are quite different and... 

PLA vs ROM ROM (Read Only Memory) and PLA (Programmable Logic Array) are used to implement logic functions. Both of them use the ‘Sum of Products’ logic configuration, which consists of a primary array of AND gates and a secondary array of OR gates. The OR function (Sum) is applied to outputs of AND (product)... 

GTO vs SCR Both SCR (Silicon Controlled Rectifier) and GTO (Gate Turn-off Thyristor) are two types of thyristors made of four semiconductor layers. Both devices have three terminals called anode, cathode and gate, where a pulse on gate is used to control the current flowing through the device. SCR (Silicon Controlled... 

BJT vs IGBT BJT (Bipolar Junction Transistor) and IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) are two types of transistors used to control currents. Both devices have PN junctions and different in device structure. Although both are transistors, they have significant differences in characteristics. BJT (Bipolar... 

Rectifier Diode vs LED Diode is a semiconductor device, which consists of two semiconductor layers. Rectifier diode and LED (Light Emitting Diode) are two types of diodes used in different type of applications. LED is a special type of diode which has the capability to emit light, which cannot be found in normal... 

AND Gate vs OR Gate AND and OR gates are two types of logic gates, which are physical devices made to implement a Boolean function. A Boolean function performs a logic operation on one or more logic inputs (given in two states, such as true/false, 1/0, high/law etc) and gives a single logic output (either true or... 

Diode vs SCR Both diode and SCR (Silicon Controlled Rectifier) are semiconductor devices with P type and N type semiconductor layers. They are used in many electronic switching applications. Both devices have terminals called ‘anode’ and ‘cathode’ but SCR has an additional terminal called ‘gate’.... 

IGBT vs Thyristor Thyristor and IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) are two types of semiconductor devices with three terminals and both of them are used to control currents. Both devices have a controlling terminal called ‘gate’, but have different principals of operation. Thyristor Thyristor is made... 

IGBT vs MOSFET MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) and IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) are two types of transistors, and both of them belong to the gate driven category. Both devices have similar looking structures with different type of semiconductor layers. Metal Oxide Semiconductor...