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02/16/11 20:30
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#181136 - Why not have a clock?
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Certainly, many simple applications do not require a clock. A simple building block of any logic chip does not require a clock. There are associated delays with any building block, even in analog. The real question would be to suggest that their exists a clockless controller. I would say that a clockless controller is quite possible, but only for doing a quite specific calculation. Meaning that all of the logical building blocks that incorporate the associated delays and tolerances to those delays would perform a unique function that could not be changed. A clocked controller, on the other hand, allows the versatility to change the program instruction and increase potential for a product. I would say that the clockless controller's unique solution would perform as analog or as fast as analog, but the clocked solution is slower, but allows more versatility.

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TopicAuthorDate
Why CLOCK Required?            01/01/70 00:00      
   a nontechnical explanation            01/01/70 00:00      
   Student?            01/01/70 00:00      
   No need for a clock...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Why not have a clock?            01/01/70 00:00      
      The Clockless Controller            01/01/70 00:00      
         Handshake Solutions            01/01/70 00:00      
            Handshake works quite well            01/01/70 00:00      
               Asynchronous logic            01/01/70 00:00      
   actual answer            01/01/70 00:00      
      Absolutely Right....Andy Peters            01/01/70 00:00      
   the triggers need clock to work            01/01/70 00:00      
      Note that edges only needed if you have changing input data            01/01/70 00:00      

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