BOOLEAN EXPRESSIONS The OR operation “+” written A+B The AND operation “ * ” written A*B or AB The complement called NOT or inverse
TRUTH TABLES Operations are defined in terms of truth tables Each element assigned a truth value of 1(“true”) or 0 (“false”) Four possible combinations of truth values for two elements
SERIES SWITCHING CIRCUITS A series circuit Two or more switches Current will flow only if all switches are closed Same truth table as the BOOLEAN operation AND
PARALLEL SWITCHING CIRCUITS A parallel circuit Two or more switches Current will flow either switch is closed Same truth table as the Boolean operator OR
Why use logic gates? Control the transmission of input pulses The building blocks of electronic circuits
AND GATE
OR GATE
Not GATE
NAND GATE
NOR GATE
XOR GATE
LOGIC CIRCUIT A logic circuit contains one or more basic logic gates Logic circuits have the properties of Boolean algebra An AND-OR logic circuit called SUM of PRODUCTS