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by andars 3695 days ago
Those resistors are not part of the flop, they're just there to limit current through the LEDs to make the state visible. See here for a D flip flop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip-flop_(electronics)#/media....

My point was about Vcc and ground was just meant as a response to the "power-related analog components". If you don't already have a regulated power rail even a single NAND gate won't be able to do it's thing, so its definitely a requirement but if you say you are allowed a functional NAND gate you must be allowed power rails as part of that.

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I'll be darned. So, NAND gets some extra points on the flip flop. Far as analog, even if I ignored power rail we still have ADC's, DAC's, etc. This time I hesitate as I say I doubt they'll be implemented just with NAND gates.