ACSL Handout: Boolean Algebra 
Boolean
Algebra
In past years students successfully practiced Boolean Logic with Electronic Workbench 5.12. It is more
powerful than Eck's xLogicCircuits Java applet, but has a steeper learning curve. Eck's xLogicCircuits
applet is sufficient to practice all of the electronic aspects of Boolean Logic that we require.
Less powerful but interesting programmes that allow us to practice Boolean logic are:
Check out former student web pages on this topic:
- Boolean Logic
by Lisa Chen (2002).
- Boolean Logic by Brian Lau (2003).
- Karnaugh Maps
by Jacky Yeung (2003).
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Boolean Algebra
The ACSL Handout: Boolean Algebra [doc]
offers a brief introduction.
Read How Boolean Logic Works
on the web site How Stuff Works.
Digital Logic by Ken Bigelow offers a
structured and cohesive introduction to Boolean Logic.
Richard Jones' treatment of IB - Boolean Logic as found on his web site, IB Computing Home clarifies IBO's expectations.
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ACSL Handout: Digital Electronics
Check out xLogicCircuits Lab 1: Logic Circuits from David Eck's book,
The Most Complex Machine: A Survey of Computers and Computing.
Do all 10 exercises in Eck's LogicCircuits Lab 1:
Logic Circuits [csg]
[web].
You cannot normally save from an applet. Do a screen dump to a wordprocessor or paint programme
to capture the image: Focus (mouse click) on the applet --> [Alt-PrtScn] -->
Go to wordprocessor or paint program --> Focus --> [Ctrl-v].
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Note: It is possible to import the files associated with the applet into Eclipse, launch
the applet from within Eclipse, and then save the diagrams from the applet. To do this:
Download the applet's source code files from Eck's Source Code Page:
- the folder: xLogicCircuits/
- the file: xLogicCircuitsApplet.java
- the file: xLogicCircuitsFrame.java
- the file: xLogicCircuitsLauncher.java
OR
import the Eclipse project from
this Circuit directory.
To import the project into Eclipse, do this:
Launch Eclipse → File → Import... → Existing Projects in Workspace
→ Next> → Select root directory: copy path of the Circuit directory
→ Browse → Check the box of the Project "Circuit" → Finish
→ Expand (click "+" sign) the newly imported project "Circuit" →
Expand the directory "src" → Expand the package "tmcm" → Select (right
mouse click) "xLogicCircuitsLauncher.java" → Run as → Java applet.
Circuit Diagrams may now be named, saved and loaded from within Eclipse.
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Check out xLogicCircuits Lab 2: Memory Circuits from David Eck's book,
The Most Complex Machine: A Survey of Computers and Computing.
Do all 9 exercises in Eck's xLogicCircuits Lab 2: Memory
Circuits [csg]
[web].
You cannot normally save from an applet. Do a screen dump to a wordprocessor or paint programme
to capture the image: Focus (mouse click) on the applet --> [Alt-PrtScn] -->
Go to wordprocessor or paint program --> Focus --> [Ctrl-v].
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ACSL Handout: Graph Theory
A graph is a set of objects called points, nodes, or vertices connected by
links called lines or edges. In a proper graph, which is by default undirected,
a line from point A to point B is considered to be the same thing as a line from point B to point A.
In a digraph, short for directed graph, the two directions are counted as being
distinct arcs or directed edges. Typically, a graph is depicted in diagrammatic form
as a set of dots (for the points, vertices, or nodes), joined by curves (for the lines or edges).
[ Graph (mathematics), Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved February 17, 2007. ]
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