Reverse Engineering: The 4013 Flip Flop

The wheel. The lever. The Wedge. The Screw. The pulley. Simple machines which took civilization up a notch. What's the one invention which enables our digital age and most people own at least a billion of (no exaggeration!) The flip-flop of course. To sort down what a flip flop is let's take a look at the "4013". This Dual-D flip flop heralds from the late 1970's so it's going to be easy to see…