PANGASINAN UNIVERSITY LOGIC CIRCUIT AND DESIGN

College of Engineering and Architecture

LOGIC GATES

I. OBJECTIVES:

At the end of this exercise, the students are expected to

• To study the basic logic gates: BUFFER

• To study the representation of these functions by truth tables, logic diagrams and Boolean algebra.
• To observe the pulse response of logic gates

II. MATERIALS REQUIRED:

1 Power Supply (w/ 5v DC source)

LED / Logic Probe
Connecting Wires
Breadboard
1 BUFFER Gate

III. PRINCIPLES:

BUFFER GATE - is a basic logic gate that passes its input, unchanged, to its output. The symbolic representation
of the BUFFER gate is shown in Fig. 1a.

Fig 1a.

IV. PROCEDURES:

1. For the BUFFER gate look on the data sheets, connect the circuit on Breadboard and test the gate.
2. Using logic switches SW1 and SW2, apply the logic levels 0 and 1 to gate inputs
3. Create a truth table and record the results
4. Also simulate the given gate using the Circuit Wizard simulation software
5. Obtain the corresponding circuit diagram using the simulation software of the Boolean expression
F(A,B)=
AB
6. From the obtain circuit diagram develop the corresponding truth table
7. From the figure below obtain the equivalent Boolean expression and develop its corresponding truth
Table

NOTE: Never supply the circuit with more than 5v DC source.

LED ON = Logic 1, (High)
LED OFF = Logic 0 (Low)

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V. DATA AND RESULTS:

BUFFER GATE DATA SHEET

Simulate Fig. 1a using logic input, apply the logic levels 0 and 1 to gate inputs.

Results INPUT A

INPUT A = ON
LED = On

INPUT A = OFF
LED = Off

Create a truth table of AND GATE and record the results

A LED
0 0
1 1

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Obtain the corresponding circuit diagram using the simulation software of the Boolean expression F(A,B) = AB

Results INPUT A and B

INPUT A = On
INPUT B = On
LED = On

INPUT A = On
INPUT B = Off
LED = Off

From the obtain circuit diagram develop the corresponding truth table.

A B OUTPUT
0 0 0
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 1

From the figure below obtain the equivalent Boolean expression and develop its corresponding truth Table.

TRUTH TABLE:
INPUT OUTPUT
0 0
1 1

 BOOLEAN EXPRESSION: Z(A, B) = Z(A,B)

VI. OBSERVATIONS:

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As I simulate the Fig. 1a, we can notice that the output was RED (HIGH) if the input was turned on (HIGH).
And when the input is not turned on (LOW), the output is GREEN (LOW).
Similarly, in the given Boolean Expression, I was able to obtain the circuit diagram and simulated it in Circuit
Wizard. In this case there was only 2 inputs with 2 buffer gate and an AND gate. At first, both of the inputs are turned
on (HIGH) so the output is HIGH. In the second one, input A is HIGH and input B is LOW so the output is LOW.
We can notice that it’s like we just performed and follow the logic of an AND gate. This is because the buffer
gate does nothing, whatever the inputs is, when they passed through the buffer gate, nothing will change or happen.

VII. CONCLUSION

A buffer, is a basic logic gate that passes its input, unchanged, to its output. It has only a single input and a
single output with behavior that is the opposite of an NOT gate.

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