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Larger 5 & 6-variable Karnaugh maps
Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large enough? That depends on the number of inputs, fan-ins, to the logic circuit under consideration. One of the large programmable logic companies has an answer. Altera's own data, ...
Don't care cells in the Karnaugh map
Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where the input conditions were completely specified. That is, a 3-variable truth table or Karnaugh map had 2n = 23 or 8-entries, a full table or map. It is not always necessary to fill i...
(sum) and (product) notation
For reference, this section introduces the terminology used in some texts to describe the minterms and maxterms assigned to a Karnaugh map. Otherwise, there is no new material here. Σ (sigma) indicates sum and lower case "m" indicates minterms. ...
Minterm vs maxterm solution
So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic reduction problems. For each of these SOP solutions, there is also a Product-Of-Sums solution (POS), which could be more useful, depending on the application. Before working a Produ...
Larger 4-variable Karnaugh maps
Knowing how to generate Gray code should allow us to build larger maps. Actually, all we need to do is look at the left to right sequence across the top of the 3-variable map, and copy it down the left side of the 4-variable map. See below. The f...
Logic simplification with Karnaugh maps
The logic simplification examples that we have done so could have been performed with Boolean algebra about as quickly. Real world logic simplification problems call for larger Karnaugh maps so that we may do serious work. We will work some contrive...
Karnaugh maps, truth tables, and Boolean expressions
Maurice Karnaugh, a telecommunications engineer, developed the Karnaugh map at Bell Labs in 1953 while designing digital logic based telephone switching circuits. Now that we have developed the Karnaugh map with the aid of Venn diagrams, let's pu...
Making a Venn diagram look like a Karnaugh map
Starting with circle A in a rectangular A' universe in figure (a) below, we morph a Venn diagram into almost a Karnaugh map. We expand circle A at (b) and (c), conform to the rectangular A' universe at (d), and change A to a rectangle at (e). ...
Boolean Relationships on Venn Diagrams
The fourth example has A partially overlapping B. Though, we will first look at the whole of all hatched area below, then later only the overlapping region. Let's assign some Boolean expressions to the regions above as shown below. Below left there...
Venn diagrams and sets
Mathematicians use Venn diagrams to show the logical relationships of sets (collections of objects) to one another. Perhaps you have already seen Venn diagrams in your algebra or other mathematics studies. If you have, you may remember overlapping c...
Introduction to KARNAUGH MAPPING
Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean algebra, is a simplification tool applicable to digital logic. See the "Toxic waste incinerator" in the Boolean algebra chapter for an example of Boolean simplification of digital logic. ...
