Activity 2.2.4 Design Tool: Logic Converter Introduction Now that you are all experts at simplification using Boolean algebra and K-Mapping and can implement virtually any combinational design using AOI, NAND, and NOR gates, it’s time to let you in on a little secret. A tool located within the Multisim Circuit Design Software, called the Logic Converter, can do much of this work for you. You might be asking yourself why you weren’t given this tool sooner. As an engineer you need to know how to design these types of circuits with and without the aid of such tools. Besides, who do you think designs tools like the Logic Converter? That’s right, an engineer. In this activity you will complete a brief tutorial and use the Logic Converter to create and simulate both an AOI and NAND circuit design. Equipment Circuit Design Software (CDS) Procedure Multisim’s Logic Converter is not a real-world component but is a virtual tool that can be used to produce a logic circuit from an entered truth table or logic expression. Though you will not be using it in this activity, the Logic Converter can also be attached to a circuit to derive its equivalent truth table and logic expression. The layout of the Logic Converter’s interface panel is shown below (next page). Complete the following steps to learn the capabilities of the Logic Converter. Start Multisim and click on the Logic Converter button in the instrument toolbar. Place the icon in the workspace and double-click the icon to open the instrument interface panel. In the Inputs section of the Logic Converter, select input A, B, and C. In the Truth Table area of Logic Converter, enter the truth table as shown below.
Activity 2.2.4 Design Tool: Logic Converter Introduction Now that you are all experts at simplification using Boolean algebra and K-Mapping and can implement virtually any combinational design using AOI, NAND, and NOR gates, it’s time to let you in on a little secret. A tool located within the Multisim Circuit Design Software, called the Logic Converter, can do much of this work for you. You might be asking yourself why you weren’t given this tool sooner. As an engineer you need to know how to design these types of circuits with and without the aid of such tools. Besides, who do you think designs tools like the Logic Converter? That’s right, an engineer. In this activity you will complete a brief tutorial and use the Logic Converter to create and simulate both an AOI and NAND circuit design. Equipment Circuit Design Software (CDS) Procedure Multisim’s Logic Converter is not a real-world component but is a virtual tool that can be used to produce a logic circuit from an entered truth table or logic expression. Though you will not be using it in this activity, the Logic Converter can also be attached to a circuit to derive its equivalent truth table and logic expression. The layout of the Logic Converter’s interface panel is shown below (next page). Complete the following steps to learn the capabilities of the Logic Converter. Start Multisim and click on the Logic Converter button in the instrument toolbar. Place the icon in the workspace and double-click the icon to open the instrument interface panel. In the Inputs section of the Logic Converter, select input A, B, and C. In the Truth Table area of Logic Converter, enter the truth table as shown below.
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