On 07/11/2007, Patrick McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Timothy Normand Miller wrote: > > I don't actually know what they mean by "buffer" and "driver". I > > usually think of a buffer as being a register, and a driver as > > something that drives an output pin. > In this sense, a buffer is something that separates input from output. > Same functionality as a register but not clocked. An AND gate with its > two inputs connected would be a buffer. So would two inverters in > series. 7406s are general called hex inverting buffers or > buffer/drivers. The driver part comes from the transistors on the > output being able to source or sink much higher current. This can be > either for a large fan out, or for driving non digital logic such as an > LED. The driver on an FPGA pin is analogous. > snip > Patrick M >
added to the glossary.. buffer, frame buffer, and FIFO. Proof readers welcome. http://wiki.opengraphics.org/tiki-index.php?page=Glossary _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
