Lab 1: Digital Logic

Gates
Katherine Morales
ECEN 248 506
TA: Kartic Bhargav
Date: February 16, 2015

Objectives:
In this lab, I will learn about different gates and their behaviors. I will
also learn how to wire these gates correctly to be able to compute a
truth table. This lab will allow me to familiarize myself with
breadboards, logic inverter gates, multi-meter, and a power supply.

Design:
The first part of the lab requires a 74ALS04 (inverter) NOT gate to be
placed on the breadboard.

NOT Gate
Then the VCC and the GND are identified on an inverter gate, as
pictured above. The multimeter is used to calculate the volts of the
gate. To calculate the high input, a wire is connected from the input to
the plus side of the breadboard. To calculate the low input, the wire is
connected from the input to the minus side of the breadboard. The
output is a low if the voltage is around 90mV and the output is a high is
the voltage is around 3-4V.
These steps are repeated for the AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR gates.

AND Gate:

OR Gate:

NAND Gate:

NOR Gate:

XOR Gate:

Results:
The results of the lab came out exactly as expected. No changes are
necessary to make to fix the circuit. The circuit behaved the way it did
because the wires were properly placed so that the outputs would be
similar to the outputs the gates usually have.
Truth Table for Inverter (NOT gate)
A (high/low)
Y (volts)
Low
3.989 V
High
77.9 mV

High
Low

Truth Table for AND & OR Gates

A (H/L)
B (H/L)
AND2 (V)

OR2 (V)

OR2 (H/L)

.129V
4.391V
4.413V
4.391V

L
H
H
H

L
L
H
H

L
H
L
H

.145V
.145V
.145V
4.399V

AND2
(H/L)
L
L
L
H

Truth Table for NAND, NOR, & XOR Gates

A (H/L) B (H/L) NAND2 NAND2 NOR2

Y (high/low)

NOR2

XOR2

XOR2

L
L
H
H

L
H
L
H

(V)
4.134V
4.143V
4.144V
105.5
mV

(H/L)
H
H
H
L

(V)
4.969V
.01V
.01V
.01V

(H/L)
H
L
L
L

(V)
.118V
4.373V
4.379V
.122V

(H/L)
L
H
H
L

Conclusion:
In this lab, I used a breadboard, different inverter gates, wires, and a
multimeter to verify the binary outputs of the different gates. I learned
how to use inverter gates properly and how to verify the binary codes
for a truth table. I learned how to use a breadboard, which will be
useful in later labs when we go into deeper circuitry.

Questions:
1.

Ilikedthatonceyouunderstoodhowtoworkthebreadboardandthecircuitwiringtogetdata,the
restofthelabwassimpleandquick.OnceIwasabletofigureoutwhatIwasdoingandwhyI
wasdoingit,Iwasabletofinishthelabsmoothly.Idislikedhowtherewerenoexamplesonhow
toproperlydothelab.Ifthelabexperimenthadasmallsectiononasimilar,workedoutexample
ratherthanjustanexplanation,thelabwouldhavebeeneasiertounderstand.

2.

Thelabmanualwasverythoroughandeasytounderstand.Iwouldhaveappreciatedanexample
ortwotokeepthestudentsmovingontherightpath.Overall,thelabmanualclearlystatedwhat
neededtogetdoneandhowtogoaboutdoingthat.

3.

Mymainsuggestionisaddinginexamplesthatthestudentscouldbasetheirworkoffof.Ifeellike
thiswouldhelpstudentsworkatamoreefficientpace.