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Serial Test 2
Subject Code / Name

: Digital Electronics

Faculty in Charge

: Dr.P.Maniraj Kumar, Prof/ECE,

Class : II ECE / III SEM

Mr.M.Krishnamurthy,AP/ECE

Answer Key
Part A
1. A demultiplexer or DMUX is a combination circuit that contains one data input, few
control inputs and many outputs, whereas a decoder is a logic circuit that converts a
binary number to its equivalent decimal number.
2. Data Selector- Multiplexer Data Distributor De Multiplexer
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Numbers are usually coded in one form or another so as to represent or use it as

required. For instance, a number nine is coded in decimal using symbol (9)d. Same is
coded in natural-binary as (1001)b. While digital computers all deal with binary numbers,
there are situations wherein natural-binary representation of numbers in in-convenient or
in-efficient and some other (binary) code must be used to process the numbers.

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6. In sequential circuits the output depends upon the present input d past output.

7. Latches and flip-flops are the basic elements for storing information. One latch or flip-flop
can store one bit of information. The main difference between latches and flip-flops is that
for latches, their outputs are constantly affected by their inputs as long as the enable signal
is asserted. In other words, when they are enabled, their content changes immediately
when their inputs change.
8. D flip flop is actually a slight modification of the clocked SR flip-flop. D input is connected
to the S input and the complement of the D input is connected to the R input. The D input
is passed on to the flip flop when the value of CP is 1. When CP is HIGH, the flip flop
moves to the SET state. If it is 0, the flip flop switches to the CLEAR state.

9. An excitation table shows the minimum inputs that are necessary to generate a particular
next state (in other words, to "excite" it to the next state) when the current state is known.
They are similar to truth tables and state tables, but rearrange the data so that the current
state and next state are next to each other on the left-hand side of the table, and the inputs
needed to make that state change happen are shown on the right side of the table.

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10. Synchronous Sequential Circuit: Output changes at discrete interval of time. It is a circuit
based on an equal state time or a state time defined by external means such as clock.
Examples of synchronous sequential circuit are Flip Flops, Synchronous Counter.
Asynchronous Sequential Circuit: Output can be changed at any instant of time by
changing the input. It is a circuit whose state time depends solely upon the internal logic
circuit delays. Example of asynchronous sequential circuit is Asynchronous Counter.
Part B
11. (a) (10)

Parity Checker

b) Binary to Gray Code Convertor (3+3)

12) BCD to Seven Segment Decoder. (16)

a = F1 (A, B, C, D) = m (0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9) b = F2 (A, B, C, D) = m (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9)

c = F3 (A, B, C, D) = m (0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) d = F4 (A, B, C, D) = m (0, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8)
e = F5 (A, B, C, D) = m (0, 2, 6, 8) f = F6 (A, B, C, D) = m (0, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
g = F7 (A, B, C, D) = m (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)

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13. Synchronous up/down Counter(16)

14. JK FF (10)

14) b) (6)