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.
On August 7, 1964, by a combined vote of 512-2, the Congress of the United States overwhelmingly approved joint resolution S.J. 189, more commonly known as the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. In this document, Congress gives President Lyndon Baines Johnson sweeping authority to âtake all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.â