A multiplexer, sometimes referred to as a "multiplexor" or simply "mux", is a device that selects between a number of input signals. In its simplest form, a multiplexer will have two signal inputs, one control input, and one output. An everyday example of an analog multiplexer is the source selection control on a home stereo unit.
An electronics multiplexer will select an output by a digital code. a mechanical multiplexer will select an out by a mechanical switch of sort possibly driven by a motor
A multiplexer (MUX) is used as a data selector in digital electronics. It selects one of several input signals and forwards it to a single output.
An encoder refers to a device that is used to change a signal or data into a code. Whereas a Multiplexer or mux is a device which performs multiplexing or it takes information from more than one channels and outputs into a single channel. Thus a multiplexer is basically a kind of encoder where its function is to combine multiple inputs into one output.
Which has more number of input, It can be obtained by cascading two or more multiplexer with less nunber of inputs.
The multiplexer, as a concept, does not have a single inventor but rather evolved through contributions from various engineers and scientists in the field of electronics and telecommunications. Notable figures include Claude Shannon, who laid the foundational theories for digital circuits, including multiplexing, in the 1930s. The practical implementation of multiplexers in telecommunications and computing systems emerged later as technology advanced.
The transition time in digital electronics is in the order of nano seconds.
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Demultiplexers are used in digital electronics to get a signal at the input and produce so many at the output.
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Digital electronics in cameras have made film nearly obsolete. It is higher quality and has a lower chance of error.
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The difference between computer engineering and digital electronics is that digital electronics represents signals. Computer engineering integrates several fields of computer science and electrical engineering to make computer systems. Digital electronics is the field of computers and computer controlled devices including the ones with analog inputs and outputs.