Date of Birth Project

Simulation

Here is where we simulated our circuits to make sure that they worked correctly and to help us plan our breadboards.

Breadboarding

Below is the breadboard which we made to display the date of birth of the person who made it. It was only partially finished because it was canceled mid-way through the process, but below is what I had.

Conclusion Essay

In this project, we were instructed to make a breadboard that would display the date of birth of the person constructing it. To do this, we first had to create the truth table, which showed us which circuits we needed to make to display the number we wished to display. For my project, I needed to make 4 different circuits to display 8 different numbers. From there we needed to find the Boolean equation for each number. To do this, we used Karnough maps to find the combinations which would most easily allow us to create the circuits in the simplest way possible. After we found the best possible combinations for each circuit, we created each circuit in Multisim that same way we would on a breadboard. This allowed for accurate testing of our circuits before we wired them on breadboards. From Multisim, we began to plan out and wire up our breadboards. I only completed 1.5 circuits out of 4, but I still feel like the experience was good.