Ch 5 · From Problem to Circuit · Theory

Topic 5 of 10 in Boolean Logic & Logic Gates — How Machines Decide — 2 lessons.

Turning Words into Gates

Exam questions describe a real system in words; you translate it into gates. Example:

Check the Logic

Always sanity-check with a couple of rows. If the door is shut (A = 0), X should be 0 no matter what — and A AND (anything) is 0 when A is 0. ✔️

All topics in Theory Boolean-logic

1. Why Logic Gates
2. NOT, AND, OR
3. NAND, NOR, XOR
4. Truth Tables
5. From Problem to Circuit
6. Logic Expressions
7. Boolean Algebra (A Level)
8. Karnaugh Maps & Flip-Flops (A Level)
9. Gates That Do Arithmetic
10. Check Your Understanding