1. EET 1131 Unit 3 Basic Logic Gates
Read Kleitz, Chapter 3.
Homework #3 and Lab #3 due next week.
Quiz next week.
-Take Quiz #2 and fire up Multisim.
-Handouts: Unit 3 practice sheet on Day 1, Slide #27 (from Floyd) and BoeBot on Day 2.
-First two weeks have laid math foundations, now we get into the circuits.

2. Logic Gates
Logic gates are the building blocks in digital circuits. Shown below is a circuit containing ten logic gates. (This is Figure 5-56 on page 187.)
Each logic gate consists of about a dozen resistors, transistors, and diodes, but we’ll usually treat it as a black box.

3. Inputs and Outputs
This circuit has three inputs labeled A, B, C, and one output labeled X. The values (0 or 1) at the inputs determine the value (0 or 1) at the output.

4. Three Ways of Describing a Circuit
To describe a circuit built up from logic gates, we can:
Draw a schematic diagram.
Write a truth table.
Write a Boolean expression.

5. Truth Tables and Boolean Expressions
A truth table shows a circuit’s output value for every possible combination of input values.
A Boolean expression looks much like an algebraic expression and uses symbols with special meanings.

6. A X
The Inverter
The inverter performs the Boolean NOT operation. When the input is LOW (0), the output is HIGH (1); when the input is HIGH, the output is LOW.
The NOT operation (complement) is shown with an overbar. Thus, the Boolean expression for an inverter is X = A. (Multisim and some books use a prime: X = A′.)

7. A X
The Inverter
Example waveforms: A X
Do as practice question 1.

8. A A X
The AND Gate X B B
The AND gate produces a HIGH output when all inputs are HIGH; otherwise, the output is LOW. For a 2-input gate, the truth table is
0 0
0 1
1 0
1 1 1
The AND operation is usually shown with a dot between the variables but it may be implied (no dot). Thus, the AND operation is written as X = A .B or X = AB.

9. AND Gate: A Practical Application
Many cars have an alarm that sounds if a door is open while the key is in the ignition:
Door Open?
Key in Ignition?
Sound the Alarm? No
Yes

10. The AND Gate Example waveforms: A B X A A X X B B
Do as practice question 2.

11. Example Solution The AND Gate
A Multisim circuit is shown. XWG1 is a word generator set in the count down mode. XLA1 is a logic analyzer with the output of the AND gate connected to first (upper) line of the analyzer. What signal do you expect to on this line?
Solution
The output (line 1) will be HIGH only when all of the inputs are HIGH.
-AND can have more than two inputs.
Do practice questions 3, 4.

12. A X A X
The OR Gate B B
The OR gate produces a HIGH output if any input is HIGH; if all inputs are LOW, the output is LOW. For a 2-input gate, the truth table is
0 0
0 1
1 0
1 1 1
The OR operation is shown with a plus sign (+) between the variables. Thus, the OR operation is written as X = A + B.

13. OR Gate: A Practical Application
Many cars have a “Door Ajar” dashboard light that lights up if any door on the car is open.
Driver Door Open?
Passenger Door Open?
Turn on the “Door Ajar” Light? No
Yes

14. The OR Gate Example waveforms: A B X A X A X B B
Do practice question 5.

15. Example Solution The OR Gate
A Multisim circuit is shown. XWG1 is a word generator set to count down. XLA1 is a logic analyzer with the output
Example
connected to first (top) line of the analyzer. The three 2-input OR gates act as a single 4-input gate. What signal do you expect on the output line?
The output (line 1) will be HIGH if any input is HIGH; otherwise it will be LOW.
Solution
-OR can have more than two inputs.
Do practice questions 6, 7.

16. A A X
The NAND Gate X B B
The NAND gate produces a LOW output when all inputs are HIGH; otherwise, the output is HIGH. For a 2-input gate, the truth table is
0 0
0 1
1 0
1 1 1
The NAND operation is shown with a dot between the variables and an overbar covering them. Thus, the NAND operation is written as X = A .B (Alternatively, X = AB.)

17. The NAND Gate Example waveforms: A B X
The NAND gate is particularly useful because it is a “universal” gate – all other basic gates can be constructed from NAND gates.
Do practice question 8.

18. Example Solution The NAND Gate
A Multisim circuit is shown. XWG1 is a word generator set in the count up mode. A four-channel oscilloscope monitors the inputs and output. What output signal do you expect to see?
Solution
The output (channel D) will be LOW only when all of the inputs are HIGH.
NAND can have more than two inputs.
Do practice questions 9, 10.
Inputs

19. A X A X
The NOR Gate B B
The NOR gate produces a LOW output if any input is HIGH; if all inputs are LOW, the output is HIGH. For a 2-input gate, the truth table is
0 0
0 1
1 0
1 1 1
The NOR operation is shown with a plus sign (+) between the variables and an overbar covering them. Thus, the NOR operation is written as X = A + B.

20. The NOR Gate Example waveforms: A B X
The NOR operation will produce a LOW if any input is HIGH.
Do as practice question 11.
NOR can have more than two inputs. Do practice question 12.
-Intro lab by demo-ing test of AND gate on breadboard and in Multisim.

21. Enable/Disable Using AND Gate
Before this slide, review truth tables of basic gates. 14

22. Enable/Disable Using OR Gate
Questions at end of Lab 3 ask them to think more about this. 15

23. Cutaway view of DIP (Dual-In-line Package) chip:
Integrated Circuits
Cutaway view of DIP (Dual-In-line Package) chip:
-Notice that the actual semiconductor chip is much smaller than the package.
The TTL series, available as DIPs are popular for laboratory experiments with logic.

24. DIP chips and surface mount chips
Integrated Circuits
DIP chips and surface mount chips
Pin 1
-A DIP is much larger than a SOIC that performs comparable function. Pass around circuit board with both DIPs (THT) and SMT chips—e.g., BoeBot.
Dual in-line package Small outline IC (SOIC)

25. Chip Densities
Caution: These are not precise terms, and different authors use them differently.
Small scale integration (SSI): <=10 gates per chip.
Medium-scale integration (MSI): 10 to 100 gates per chip.
Large-scale integration (LSI): 100 to 10,000 gates per chip.
Very large-scale integration (VLSI): 10,000 to 100,000 gates per chip.

26. Fixed-Function Versus Programmable Logic
The 74xx chips we’ve used in labs are examples of fixed-function chips.
A 7408 chip, for example, is manufactured to contain four independent AND gates. This is permanent and you cannot change it.
Programmable logic devices (PLDs) are an alternative to fixed function devices. The logic can be programmed for a specific purpose. In general, they cost less and use less board space than fixed function devices.

27. Figure 3.50 Pin configuration diagrams for some common fixed-function chips.
-Have them ID each chip as, e.g., quad 2-input NAND.
-Usually, top left pin in Vcc (+5 V) and bottom right pin in Ground.

28. Website for Datasheets
Many websites have datasheets for logic chips.
The best site is Texas Instruments:
Type the chip number (such as 7404) in the Search box.
For some chips, the original part number is obsolete and no longer available. In such cases, inserting LS often works. Example: 74LS10.

29. Testing Gates in Multisim
Multisim lets you build and simulate digital circuits containing gates.

30. Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting means finding and fixing faults in a circuit or system that’s not working correctly.
Your first step in troubleshooting a digital circuit on the breadboard should always be to verify that the voltage at each chip’s power and ground pins are actually +5 V and 0V.
After that, use your knowledge of truth tables to find the gates that are not producing the correct outputs.
-Book discusses how to isolate problem to input or output of a gate. That’s good, but may just need to be able to identify broken gates.

31. Multisim Troubleshooting
Earlier versions of Multisim let you insert the following kinds of faults into digital components:
An open pin
Two pins shorted together
A pin shorted to VCC (constant HIGH)
A pin shorted to ground (constant LOW)
Your book has Multisim troubleshooting problems that I’ll assign on some labs and homeworks.
To troubleshoot them, attach switches to input pins and probes to output pins.
Demo with a 1k resistor and an ohmeter.
-In Lab 3 they’ll do Multisim exercises E3-14, E3-15, E3-16, E3-17. 31