J-K flip flops!!?

what is the purpose of the preset function on a J-K flip flop? It seems to me to be unnecessary. What am I missing?

J-K flip flops!!?
That is an asynchronous input (not dependant on the rising edge of the clock). Sometimes it is necessary to force the Q output to a logic '1' regardless of the clock state or edge. Usually this would happen to set an initial state of the flip-flop at power-up before the clock starts.





The same thing applies to the clear input (which forces Q=0 asynchronously).





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Reply:preset/clear is for power up. because all flip flops come up in an undetermined state, you use it to set the entire circuit in a known state.





eg: State machines, counters etc -- you don't want it in some unknown or "non starting" state
Reply:huh?



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