You want to build a logic circuit - but how do you know if your setup minimizes the number of gates you have to use? Today, we look at a nifty technique to help us do this!

Logisim (free, open source software) is used for some demonstrations in this video. Check it out: http://www.cburch.com/logisim/


= CONTENTS =
0:00 Introduction & Motivation
1:06 Reasoning about Circuit Design
2:37 Basics of Boolean Algebra
5:07 Building the Basic Circuit
6:31 The Basic Circuit, Built
7:34 Redundancy in the Basic Circuit
9:16 Introduction to Karnaugh Maps
11:28 Grouping Rules in Karnaugh Maps
14:42 Karnaugh Map on the Basic Circuit
16:18 Background: Larger Example with Don't Care Conditions
17:22 Larger Example
19:57 Conclusion


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