What is a 74LS138 IC?

The IC 74LS138 is a 3 to 8 line decoder integrated circuit from the 74xx family of transistor-transistor-logic-gates. The main function of this IC is to decode otherwise demultiplex the applications. The setup of this IC is accessible with 3-inputs to 8-output setup. This IC is mainly used in applications like memory decoding with high performance otherwise data routing, etc. These ICs can be used for minimizing the system decoding effects in memory systems with high performance. This IC includes three enable pins (where two pins are active low and one is active high) decreases the necessity of outside gates. The implementation of 24 line decoder can be done without using outside inverters, as well as a 32-line decoder needs a single inverter.

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