Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering

University of Dhaka

Laboratory Report

Course: Digital Logic Circuit and Microprocessor Lab

Experiment number: 05(A)
Name of the experiment: Half-adder

Submitted by: Md.Ajmain Istiak Apon (FH-172-011)

Submitted to: MD. ARIFUL ISLAM

(Assistant Professor)

Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering

Date of Performance: 23/07/2023

Date of submission: 09/09/2023

Principle: The Half Adder experiment had been done to investigate the
fundamental principles of digital logic by designing and implementing a half
adder circuit. A half adder is a basic digital circuit that performs binary
addition operation of two input bits which produces a sum and a carry
output.

Objective: The experiment involved constructing the half adder using logic
gates and verifying its functionality by testing it with various input
combinations. The results demonstrated the accurate operation of the half
adder, confirming its ability to perform binary addition.

Introduction: A half adder is one of the simplest digital circuits used for
binary addition. It takes two binary inputs (A and B) and produces two
binary outputs: the sum and the carry.

The truth table for a half adder is as follows:

A B Sum Carry
0 0 0 0
0 1 1 0
1 0 1 0
1 1 0 1

Here, Sum=A XOR B Carry=A.B

In this experiment, we will construct a half adder using basic logic gates
(AND, XOR gates) and validate its operation by comparing its outputs to the
expected results from the truth table.

Materials:

1. Breadboard
2. IC chips (AND and XOR)
3. Power supply
4. LEDs
5. Resistors
6. Jumper wires
7. Digital Multimeter
8. Binary input switches (0 or 1)

Procedure:

1. Circuit Construction: Construct the half adder circuit on the

breadboard using the provided IC chips, LEDs and jumper wires.
Connect the power supply to provide the necessary voltage.
2. Input Setup: Connect the binary input switches to the A and B inputs
of the half adder circuit. Set the input switches to various binary
combinations (00, 01, 10, 11) and record the inputs for each test case.
3. Measurement and Observation: Observe the behavior of the LEDs
connected to the sum and carry outputs of the half adder circuit.
4. Analysis: Analyze the results to confirm the correct operation of the
half adder circuit.
Discussion:

The results obtained from the experiment closely match the expected
outcomes based on the truth table for the half adder circuit. The circuit
successfully performed binary addition, as demonstrated by the observed
LED states. When A and B were both 0, both the sum and carry outputs
were 0. When A was 0 and B was 1 (or vice versa), the sum was 1, and the
carry was 0. Finally, when both A and B were 1, the sum was 0, and the carry
was 1.

Conclusion:
The Half Adder experiment provided valuable hands-on experience in
designing and constructing a basic digital logic circuit. The results confirmed
that the half adder circuit effectively performs binary addition and generates
the correct sum and carry outputs based on the input values. This
experiment serves as a foundation for understanding more complex digital
circuits and their applications in various electronic systems.