LAB 6

Designing and Implementation of Adders and

Subtractor
Name.
RegNo.

Components/Equipment
Hardware: Explorer Board, Connecting Wires
IC Type 7404 Hex Inverters
IC Type 7408 Quadruple 2-input AND gates
IC Type 7486 Quadruple 2-input XOR gates
IC Type 7432 Quadruple 2-input OR gates
Software: Circuit Maker

Description
Half Adder
Half adder is a logic circuit that performs binary addition of two 1-bit numbers. It generates two
outputs namely ‘Sum’ and ‘Carry’.
Full Adder
Full adder is a logic circuit that performs binary addition of three 1-bit numbers. It generates two
outputs namely ‘Sum’ and ‘Carry’.
Half Subtractor
Half adder is a logic circuit that performs binary subtraction of two 1-bit numbers. It generates
two outputs namely ‘Difference’ and ‘Borrow’.
Full Subtractor
A full subtractor is a combinational circuit that performs subtraction of two bits, one is
minuend and subtrahend, taking into account borrow of the previous adjacent lower minuend bit.
This circuit has three inputs and two outputs. The three inputs A, B and Bin, denote the
minuend, subtrahend, and previous borrow, respectively. The two outputs, D and Bout represent
the difference and output borrow, respectively.

OBJECTIVE
• To study the basic operation and design of adders and subtractors.
Task#1

1) Draw a truth table for half adder. Clearly mention inputs and outputs.
2) Write the Canonical form the truth table (SOP).
3) Draw K-maps using the above truth table and determine the simplified Boolean expression.
4) Implement half adder on Circuit Maker and verify the results.

Task#2

1) Draw a truth table for Full adder. Clearly mention inputs and outputs.
2) Write the Canonical form the truth table (SOP).
3) Draw K-maps using the above truth table and determine the simplified Boolean expression.
4) Implement Full adder on Circuit Maker and verify the results.

Task#3

1) Draw a truth table for half subtractor. Clearly mention inputs and outputs.
2) Write the Canonical form the truth table (SOP).
3) Draw K-maps using the above truth table and determine the simplified Boolean expression.
4) Implement half subtractor on Circuit Maker and verify the results.

Task#4

1) Draw a truth table for Full subtractor. Clearly mention inputs and outputs.
2) Write the Canonical form the truth table (SOP).
3) Draw K-maps using the above truth table and determine the simplified Boolean expression.
4) Implement Full subtractor on Circuit Maker and verify the results.