Unit 8
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Construct truth tables for a variety of logic gates
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Be familiar with drawing and interpreting logic gate circuit diagrams involving multiple gates
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Complete a truth table for a given logic gate circuit
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Write a Boolean expression for a given logic gate circuit
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Draw an equivalent logic gate circuit for a given Boolean expression
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Use the following rules to derive or simplify statements in Boolean algebra: de Morgan’s Laws, distribution, association, commutation and double negation
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Write a Boolean expression for a given logic gate circuit and vice versa
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Understand the correspondence between a truth table and a Karnaugh map
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Understand how to fill out a Karnaugh map for a given expression
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Understand how to group items in a Karnaugh map
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Interpret the groupings in a Karnaugh map
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Simplify Boolean expressions with two, three or four variables using a Karnaugh map
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Recognise and trace the logic of the circuits of a half-adder and a full-adder
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Construct the circuit for a half-adder
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Be familiar with the use of the edge-triggered D-type, flip-flop as a memory unit