Open-drain outputs can be useful for analog weighting, summing, and limiting as well as digital logic. An open drain terminal is connected to ground when a high voltage (logic 1) is applied to the gate, yet presents a high impedance when a low voltage (logic 0) is applied to the gate.
The End The Gulf of Tonkin Incident August 2nd- The USS Maddox engages three North Vietnamese Torpedo Boats August 4th- USS Maddox and Turner Joy report further engagement in the Tonkin Gulf Gulf of Tonkin Resolution August 7th Congress passes a joint resolution that allows President Johnson to use authority to support the states of Southern Vietnam. This is not a declaration of war.
President Lyndon B. Johnson incorrectly claimed that North Vietnamese forces had twice attacked American destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in direct response to a minor naval engagement known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. It is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia.