At the end of this lesson, students are able to:
Define Boolean expression and Boolean function.
Use identities to simplify Boolean algebraic expressions.
Define logic gates.
Construct combination of gates.
"Boolean expression is a logical statement that is either TRUE or FALSE."
"Boolean function is a function assembled by the application of the operations AND, OR, NOT on Boolean expression."
In an expression involves more than 1 operators, use the flow below to solve:
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A logic gate is an elementary building block of a digital circuit.
Most logic gates have 2 inputs and 1 output.
Every terminal is in one of the two binary conditions; low (0) or high (1), represented by different voltage levels.
These logic gates are characterized by their input-output correspondence.
The most popular logic gates are as follows: NOT, OR, AND, NAND, NOR, X-OR & X-NOR.
Single input, single output
Also known as the opposite/inverter.
Multiple input, single output
An AND gate is a logic gate that gives a high output only if all its inputs are high, otherwise it gives low output.
Multiple input, single output
An OR gate is a logic gate that gives high output if at least one of the inputs is high.
Multiple input, single output
The logic gate that gives high output when both the inputs are low, or vice versa.
Multiple input, single output
The logic gate that gives low output only if all its inputs are high, otherwise it gives high output.
Multiple input, single output
The logic gate that gives high output for different inputs, otherwise low.
Multiple input, single output
The logic gate that gives high output if the inputs are same, otherwise it gives low output.
The combination of logic gates can make a logic circuits.
We can use logic circuits to represent Boolean expressions/Boolean function.