Editor's Note: See also the Follow-on Article that describes how to generate Gray Codes for non-power-of-2 sequences. Note that the correct grammar and spelling for Gray codes is “Gray” (not “gray”, ...

A binary code used to represent digits generated from a mechanical sensor that may be prone to error. Used in telegraphy in the late 1800s, and also known as ...

Well, on the bright side it used to be that anyone (including little old ladies with no background in electronics) could spot fatal flaws in my arguments. Now it takes design engineers from Cray (my ...