Ain Shams University

Faculty of Engineering
CESS Program
CSE 111: Logic Design

Lab Manual – 1
Breadboard:

Breadboards are used to help you connect components to complete your basic circuit. The
reason it's called breadboard dates to when electronics components were much bigger, and
people would use wooden breadboards (boards used to cut bread) to connect electronic circuits.

In any breadboard, there are two sections of rails. One section is used for power connections
and the other section is used for the components and circuit connections.

Power Rail Section:

There are four horizontal rails donated with red and blue lines on each side indicating where to
connect the positive and negative voltage levels into the breadboard. As shown in the figure,
the red or blue line are not fully connected, but cut in the middle. This indicates that these
terminals are not all connected in parallel, only the 25 terminals on the left are connected and
the same goes for the ones on the right.

Components and Circuit Connections Section:

The rest of the breadboard is used for this section. The difference is that every 5 pins aligned
vertically are connected in parallel. So, for example: Rows A, B, C, D, and E in column 0 are
all connected in parallel.
Ain Shams University
Faculty of Engineering
CESS Program
CSE 111: Logic Design

Breadboard Simulator:

Breadboard Simulator Software is used to be able to simulate logic gate circuits where you can
connect real-life hardware components after checking their datasheet and test them before
implementing them in real-life.

We will try to implement the following Boolean Equation in Lab 1:

F = XY + Z

First, we need to check the datasheets for the AND Gate and OR Gate to understand their
connections.

AND Gate OR Gate

The is how the circuit will look like:

Ain Shams University
Faculty of Engineering
CESS Program
CSE 111: Logic Design

Lab report 1:

Task 1:

Perform the following Boolean Equation using the Breadboard Simulator and show the
different outputs as shown in the lab:

F = (A + B)(A + C)(B’ + C)

You will need to search for the NOT Gate Datasheet to learn how to use it.

Submit a report including your findings from the datasheet, the circuit implementation, and the
outputs of all possibilities comparing it with the truth table of this equation.

Task 2:

More in-depth details about the breadboard, perfboard, and Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
concluding with pros and cons for each board.

Suggested headlines:

• Types of components used.

• Soldering techniques.
• Noise issues affecting signals.
• Reliability of each board.
• Power and heat dissipation.

Report must include a cover page at the beginning.