An early version of these devices replaced two capacitors of the Abraham-Bloch multivibrator with resistors and was called the Eccles-Jordan circuit.
An early version of these devices replaced two capacitors of the Abraham-Bloch multivibrator with resistors and was called the Eccles-Jordan circuit. Though they aren't capacitors, one of these devices built from cross-coupled NAND gates can be used to "debounce" a circuit. A common physics lab uses n of these devices in a "ripple counter" arrangement and LEDs to visually count to "two to the n" on a given clock signal, a technique which can be used to create frequency dividers. It is impossible to solve these systems completely from first principles for a given input without knowing the initial state of one of their two outputs, since they are a bistable (*) system. In integrated circuits, the inputs to these devices are typically passed through a Schmitt trigger. Their D type can be used to store a bit of memory while their JK type explicitly refers to the inputs which cause their namesake toggling function. For 10 points, name these computer circuit elements, whose SR types are composed of two NOR gates, which you can't actually wear on your feet.
An early version of these devices replaced two capacitors of the Abraham-Bloch multivibrator with resistors and was called the Eccles-Jordan circuit.
Flip Flops [I guess we should accept Eccles-Jordan Trigger before mention; accept any more specific answer such as D Flip Flop or JK Flip Flop ]