Hackaday Dictionary: Mux/Demux
In this issue of Hackaday Dictionary, we cover the multiplexer and demultiplexer (also called mux and demux). They are essentially opposites but they work on the same principle. There are three parts: the input, the output, and the selector.
The Basics
With a mux, you have multiple inputs, and a selector chooses which one of those outputs to use, and pipes it to a single output. It’s as if a bunch of people want to say something to you at once, but you can only listen to one at a time.
With the demux, a single input is piped to …read more
