Electrical – Flip Flop Circuit that has two inputs

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For a project that I am working on, I need a circuit that can take a momentary pulse of voltage and then output a constant voltage until the other input is triggered. Kind of like a flip flop but with two inputs: component_x

So when a voltage is applied to A, P will output a voltage until B has a voltage applied to it.

Does such a circuit exist and if so, what is it called?

Thank You!

Best Answer

As Turbo J said, the device performing that function is a SR latch. The CD4043 and CD4044 ICs may be what you're looking for. Then you'll have to add an inverter in order to generate the Q output. You can use the 74HC04 inverter.

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OTOH, if you need your P, Q voltages to be different from the A, B peak voltages then you'll have to implement some kind of logic level conversion. A simple transistor switch will do the trick. Even better, you can save the 74HC04 inverters by using complementary transistors for the switches.

There is also a synchronous version of the SR latch: the JK flip-flop. But it may not be what you're looking for.

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