NAME: Brandon Ramkissoon

DATE: 25th April, 2017

TITLE: Planning and Design - Logic Gates
PROBLEM
STATEMENT: A game is designed in which rings are thrown to land on hooks A, B, C, D and E
mounted on a board. Each hook is connected to a switch which is closes and gives a logic level of 1
when the ring lands on it. The aim of the game is to score exactly 4 points with 2 rings on separate
hooks. Hooks A and B each score 2 points, hook C scores 3 and D and E each score 1. When a
player throws a ring and scores 4 a light in the output is illuminated i.e. the output is at logic level 1.
Plan and design a logic circuit that will illuminate light

AIM: To plan and design a circuit and logic diagram for the game.

THEORY: Logic gates are transistor circuits which perform the operations of AND, OR, NOR,
NAND, XOR and XNOR on digital inputs. They are usually supplied in the form of integrated
circuit chips and there are often several simple gates on one chip which may be interconnected to
make more complex circuits. They are used in a vast amounts of ways such as in alarm systems and
LDRs. These logic gates include transducers in order for it to be useful. A transducer is a device
which converts one form of energy to another and are found in the inputs of outputs of logic gates.
This lab incorporates 5 inputs of different values which give an output when closed. For this lab,
only when an output of logic 1 with 4 points using 2 rings to close 2 loops will illuminate the light.

APPARATUS: 5 hooks, connecting wires, switch, d.c power supply, ammeter, LED, logic gate
circuit.
METHOD:
1. Set up the circuit as shown in figure 1.1 and the logic circuit as shown in figure 1.2.
2. Place the two rings on the hooks in every possible combination and record if the light comes on.

VARIABLES: Manipulated: Rings on the hooks

Constant: Logic circuit
Responding: Illumination of the light

EXPECTED RESULTS:
Table 1.1: Showing logic output for possible combinations.

A B C D E OUTPUT

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 1 0

0 0 1 0 1 1

0 0 1 1 0 1

0 1 0 0 1 0

0 1 0 1 0 0

0 1 1 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 1 0

1 0 0 1 0 0

1 0 1 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 0 1
TREATMENT OF RESULTS: The AND gates were chosen as it was desired to get a high output
only if two inputs are high at those points in the logic circuit. The OR gates were chosen as it was
desired to get a high output if one of the input is high at those parts in the logic circuit while the
others are low. The gate arrangements were necessary to allow the LED to light if a total sum of (4)
points were scored.