Electrical Circuits and Logic

Proposition – Electrical Switch Electrical Circuits – Logical Statements

 Switch on(closed)will be represented by T.
Electrical Circuits and Logic  A proposition is true or false, not  Switch off (open) will be represented by F.
both.  A TV is plugged into a wall outlet governed
by a switch.
 An electric switch is on or off, not
 The TV has an on-off button.
both.  The TV will be on only if both the wall
 If a switch is open (off) the power switch and the on-off button the TV are on.
 Let wall switch be p and the on-off switch
can not pass through. be q.
 If a switch is closed (on) the power
will pass through.

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A Switching Circuit as a Symbolic

Series – One path for power Parallel – 2 or more paths for power Statement

 This type of circuit is  In this case the power can p q TV p q 1. Can the power
 go through more than one path? –
called a series. flow through either path or
p q TV p q both.
parallel - or
 A series circuit may be T T T - on T 2. In some parts can the power only go through one
 A parallel circuit can be
logically represented as T T T - on T part? – series – and
logically represented as a
a conjunction.
disjunction. T F T - on T
TV on only if both are

on.
T F F - off F  Parallel → Disjunction. q r
F T T - on T
 Series ↔ Conjunction F T F - off F p Light bulb
p
p
F F F - off F
F F F - off F TV
TV
p q  r
q

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Electrical Circuits and Logic

The Truth Table for the Circuit Drawing an Electrical Circuit from a
The Symbolic Statement p q r p r Symbolic Statement

 Write the symbolic statement. p rq  rr


P q r q r 1 2 1 2  Note the conjunctions which mean
p (1 2)
 Make a truth table to determine q r p r these switches will be connected in
under what conditions the light bulb T T T F F F T T T series (in the same line).
will go on. T T F F T F T T T  Note the disjunctions which these
T F T T F T T T T switches will be connected in
T F F T T F T T T parallel (different lines),
p q r p r F T T F F F F F F p r r q
F T F F T F T T F
F F T T F T F T F
F F F T T F T T F
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The Switching Circuit

p r r q

p r
TV

r q

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