Boolean Algebra

Consensus Theorem

Consensus theorem: Given a pair of terms for which a variable appears in one term and its compliment in the other term then consensus term is formed by ANDing the original terms together leaving out the selected variable and its compliment. e.g.        Find consensus term out of the two terms X.Y & X’.Z                 […]

Boolean Algebra

Boolean algebra laws

There are following laws in Boolean algebra: Associative Law: This law states that if we have 3 variables x, y, z then X*(Y*Z) = (X*Y)*Z Commutative Law: This law states that X*Y = Y*X Identity element: If e is the identity then we have the relation with the Boolean algebra e*x = x*e=x Hence 0 is identity for […]

Boolean Algebra

Logic Gates

Following are the basic logical operations which we can operate on binary variables: AND: This operation is represented by dot (.) If we two binary variables as x and y then we can represent AND operation by z=x.y and resultant of the operations is also a binary variable. Following table represents result of AND of every […]

Boolean Algebra

Binary Logic

Binary logic deals with variables which have two discrete values and those two values can be true or false, on or off, yes or no etc. But we think in terms of 1 & 0. Those variables are called binary variables. In digital circuits we represent the higher value by 3V to 5V and lower […]