DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN- CS 1101L

LAB # 02
NAND & NOR GATE
Objective
To investigate the behavior of the NAND gate & NOR gate.

Requirement
 7400 IC (NAND gate)
 7402 IC (NOR gate)
 LEDs
 Resistor
 Jumper wires
 Breadboard
 5 Volt DC Power Supply

Theory
In Experiment 1, you learned the characteristics of three of the fundamental logic gates:
the AND, OR, and NOT. You will now be introduced to the NAND and NOR logic gates.
The NAND gate is an inverted AND gate & NOR gate is an inverted OR gate. They are
called universal gates i.e. they can be used to create all other gates. This fact has made
them more popular in use than the others.

NAND Gate
When any input is 0, the output is 1
When all inputs are 1, the output is 0

Logic symbol of NAND 7400 NAND Gate IC

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NOR Gate
When any input is 1, the output is 0
When all inputs are 0, the output is 1

Logic symbol of NOR 7402 NOR Gate IC

Procedure
Design the circuits with the help of layouts provided for each IC and verify the operation
of given gates. Pin no 7 and pin no 14 of each IC is ground and VCC respectively. Apply
different inputs and observe the outputs and then complete the truth tables.

Truth Table
a. NAND Gate

A B Y= A.B
0 0
0 1

1 0
1 1

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b. NOR Gate

A B Y= A+B
0 0

0 1

1 0

1 1

Questions
1. How many NOR gates are designed in IC 74LS02?
2. A 4-input NAND gate has input possibilities, how many of those possibilities
will result in a LOW output?
3. Pin#10 of IC 7402 is for

Tasks
1. Design AND, OR & NOT gate on breadboard using NOR gate

2. Draw AND, OR & NOT gate using NOR gate

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3. Draw AND, OR & NOT gate using NAND gate

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