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Discuss The Difference Between Latches and Flip

The main differences between latches and flip-flops are that latches are level-sensitive while flip-flops are edge-sensitive. Latches output tracks the input as long as the clock is high, while flip-flops only change state on a rising or falling clock edge. Flip-flops are commonly used to store binary data in registers and for temporary data storage, counting operations, and transferring information. They serve as the basic building block of SRAM and are used in latches to capture data from a data bus at precise times.

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Discuss The Difference Between Latches and Flip

The main differences between latches and flip-flops are that latches are level-sensitive while flip-flops are edge-sensitive. Latches output tracks the input as long as the clock is high, while flip-flops only change state on a rising or falling clock edge. Flip-flops are commonly used to store binary data in registers and for temporary data storage, counting operations, and transferring information. They serve as the basic building block of SRAM and are used in latches to capture data from a data bus at precise times.

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Discuss the difference between latches and flip-flops.

The main difference between a latch and a flip-flop is that for a latch, its state or output is constantly
affected by its input as long as its enable signal is asserted. In other words, when a latch is enabled, its
state changes immediately when its input changes. When a latch is disabled, its state remains constant,
thereby, remembering its previous value. On the other hand, a flip-flop changes state only at the active
edge of its enable signal, and at precisely the moment when either its enable signal rises from a 0 to a 1
(rising edge of the signal), or from a 1 to a 0 (the falling edge). However, after the rising or falling edge of
the enable signal, and during the time when the enable signal is at a constant 1 or 0, the flip-flop’s state
remains constant even if the input changes.

The main difference between a latch and flip-flop: latches are level-sensitive while flip-flops are edge-
sensitive. Both might require the use of a clock signal and are used in sequential logic. (The clock on the
latch is for synchronization whereas the clock on the flip-flop may trigger a change in output.)

For a latch, the output tracks the input when the clock signal is high, so as long as the clock is logic 1 the
output can change if the input also changes. (Logic 1 + new data = new output)

Flip-flops, in comparison, will store the input only when there is a rising/falling edge of the clock. (Edge-
triggered, so they may flip on clock pulses.)

Discuss the applications of flip-flops.

Flip-flops are heavily used for digital data storage and transfer and are commonly used in banks called
"registers" for the storage of binary numerical data. A flip-flop may be used to store or 'lock' one bit of
information. This locking of information is also known as 'latching', so a flip-flop may be referred to as a
single-bit latch or flip-flops may be used to store data temporarily, to multiply or divide, to count
operations, or to receive and transfer information.
There now exist many digital IC's consisting of a set of several flip-flops, whose main function is to latch
several bits of data. These IC's are known as 'latches', and are used to capture data from the data bus of
a digital system at precise moments in time. In fact, simple computer-controlled circuits use latches as
I/O devices. The flip-flop is also the basic building block of SRAM's.

flip-flops may be used to store data temporarily, to multiply or divide, to


count operations, or to receive and transfer information.

Flip-flops are bistable multivibrators. The types used in digital equipment


are identified by the inputs. They may have from two up to five inputs
depending on the type. They are all common in one respect. They have two, and
only two, distinct output states. The outputs are normally labeled Q and Q and
should always be complementary. When Q = 1, then Q = 0 and vice versa.

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