Physics A-Level
Clock pulses
What Clock pulses means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Clock pulses
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Reference: AQA
Supplied by the astable as an oscillator to advance a sequential logic circuit.
Topics that use Clock pulses
- Astables (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Period
- Time constant
- Clock rate
- Duty cycle
- Frequency control
- Oscillation
- Proportional reasoning
- Pulse width
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