project overview:
In our date of birth project we had to use our birth date (mine was 101298 for example) to wire a bread board connected to a seven segment display. The display showed each number of the date depending on which switches were on and off. The truth table was what told me which switches had to be on and off to get the desired number to show up on the seven segment display. After k mapping I designed the circuit in MultiSim and after that I had to bread board the circuit.
Truth table:
K maps:
MultiSim:
Bread-boarding:
Conclusion:
We had to first make a truth table by using our birth dates then we used k mapping to figure out which gates needed to be used. After that we design the circuits on MultiSim using a bus so that it was more organized, and lastly i breadboarded the circuit which took a few tries to get right. I learned a lot from this project like a better understanding of how the inside of the gates worked in the circuit and how to use a bus. I also learned that little problems in a breadboard can lead to big mistakes which happened to me when I didn't bridge the gap between the two sections of the breadboard and had to take it apart. Next time I would not take the whole thing apart and just look for a minutiae flaw if that was the case. I still don't understand how computer engineers develop such complicated software when it took this much to program a seven segment display to light up.