How Do I Interface TTL Signals With CMOS Circuits?
Hardware: Multifunction DAQ (MIO)
I want to interface my digital lines on my National Instruments DAQ board to my CMOS circuit. How can I interface the two? How do I connect two digital signals with different voltage levels?
The following figures demonstrate how to interface a TTL signal to a CMOS circuit and a CMOS circuit to a TTL input. The figures also show how to interface the two circuits if the voltage levels are incompatible.
Figure 1: TTL-to-CMOS interfacing using pull-up resistor
Figure 2: CMOS-to-TTL interfacing using a CMOS buffer IC
Figure 3: TTL-to-CMOS interfacing using a transistor
Figure 4: TTL-to-CMOS interfacing using a TLL open-collector buffer IC
Figure 5: CMOS-to-TTL interfacing using a CMOS buffer IC
(Roger L. Tokheim, Digital Electronics, 3d ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1990)
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Report Date: 11/02/2003
Last Updated: 11/28/2012
Document ID: 331LET6I