I wish there was a way to ask for a word with a vague description. I've used this word so many times, but it's fallen out of my memory. In electronics, specifically computers, a chip which takes a lane of data and shares it into say 4. These 4 devices take turns accessing the lane. The chip that splits this is called a _____. I think the word begins with T.
Forgotten the word for "round robin" ing.
Apr 27, 2022
Last reply: 4 years ago
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time division multiplexing?
Multiplexor, that was it.
Now er.... explain why your link to a DE-multiplexer looks like what I'd call a multiplexer? I say multiplexer when I mean something that splits something into parts. For example allowing four PCI-E devices to connect to one bus, alternately.
Brits do things backwards?
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You can call it anything you want but a mxby any other name is a mux.
Only if it's bidirectional, i.e. a transmission gate. If it's logic-based, not so. For instance, a 74HC138 is only a demux, and a
74HC158 is only a mux.Cheers
Phil Hobbs
Ah, I only have bidirectional ones. PCI Express bus sharing chips. You're not supposed to plug 12 graphics cards into one motherboard!
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