Fundamentals -- Analog versus digital -- Atoms, molecules, and crystals -- Conductors and insulators; voltage, current, resistance, capacitance, and inductance -- Semiconductors: diodes and transistors -- Primitive logic functions -- Using transistors to build primitive logic functions -- Alternative numbering systems -- Binary arithmetic -- Boolean algebra -- Karnaugh maps -- Using primitive logic functions to build more complex functions -- State diagrams, state yables, and state machines -- Analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog -- Integrated circuits (ICs) -- Memory ICs -- Programmable ICs -- Application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) -- Circuit boards -- Hybrids -- Multichip modules (MCMs) -- Alternative and future technologies -- Appendix A: Assertion-level logic -- Appendix B: Positive logic versus negative logic -- Appendix C: Reed-Müller logic -- Appendix D: Gray codes -- Appendix E: A Reed-Müller extraction utility -- Appendix F: Linear feedback shift registers (LFSRs) -- Appendix G: Pass-transistor logic -- Appendix H: A no-holds-barred seafood gumbo.