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Project: Design a Logic Circuit

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  • 11 questions
  • 35 marks
  • about 50 minutes
  • marked instantly

Question types: truth table, multiple choice, ordering, true or false, multi-part.

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An automatic shop door should OPEN when the inside sensor OR the outside sensor is triggered, AND the door is NOT locked. Which set of gates matches this rule?

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Computing — Logic & Circuits, Lesson 6 of 6 (capstone project). Pupils PLAN a scenario's inputs and rule, DESIGN a gate circuit on paper, TEST it by hand on every truth-table row, then BUILD and prove their own project circuit in Logic Lab and EVALUATE it against success criteria.

16 slides.

Lesson outline

  1. Hook — It Worked When I Tried It
  2. Do Now — Retrieval
  3. The Design Cycle
  4. Success Criteria — What 'Finished' Means
  5. Hinge Check — Turn Words Into Gates
  6. PLAN — The Security Alarm Scenario
  7. DESIGN — Worked Reference Circuit
  8. Task 1 (guided) — Complete the Truth Table
  9. TEST — Check Your Table, Then Prove It
  10. Hinge Check — Did Sam Test It?
  11. Task 2 (semi-guided) — Find the Failing Rows
  12. BUILD SPRINT — Your Project: Design, Build, Prove
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