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Logic Gates & Circuits

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Question types: truth table, short answer, multiple choice, matching.

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Construct truth tables for NOT, AND, OR, XOR, NAND and NOR gates; draw and interpret logic-gate circuits; trace half-adder and full-adder circuits; understand the D-type flip-flop as a memory unit.

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Lesson outline

  1. Retrieval: Hardware, Software & Translators
  2. Key Vocabulary
  3. Quick Check: Retrieval
  4. Why Logic Gates?
  5. Logic Gates — NOT, AND, OR
  6. The Six Logic Gates
  7. Hinge Question: XOR vs OR
  8. Task: Complete the XOR Truth Table
  9. NAND & NOR — The "Inverse" Gates
  10. Task: Complete the NAND Truth Table
  11. Task: Complete the NOR Truth Table
  12. Worked Example: Circuit → Boolean Expression
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