Hermogenes, Nicole Shane N.

Section 6 DLD 222422

Circuit Design and Debugging

1. Enumerate the pre-cautionary measures in circuit designing

• Start by making sure that the circuit minimization was correct and copied in your lab notebook.
The truth table is helpful when testing the final circuit. Building the wrong circuit serves no
purpose at all.
• Verify that the pinouts selected are proper for each gate and chip; these are helpful when
debugging as well as when building the circuit. Again, time spent here helps cut down on the
construction and debugging later.
• Keep connecting wires neatly and avoid unnecessarily long loops of wire, yet do not spend
excessive time cutting wires that are exactly the proper length between spans. It may feel like a
work of art, but in the end you want a neat circuit that works properly.
2. Name the advantages of using breadboard
• No soldering required
• It is flexible
• No drilling holes
• It can be debugged easily
• It is easy to adjust

3. Enumerate the color code of wire used

• Black
• Red

4. What color of wire for the ground connection

• Black
5. Enumerate the debugging techniques
• Return to the design phase and verify that your minimization and pinouts are correct
• Sometimes errors come from the components or equipment themselves. Errors such as
those listed below
• can occur, but are very rare. These should be considered as a last resort and other causes of
error should be
• investigated before looking for the following errors:
• A pin on a DIP can become bent and curl under the chip so that it does not get inserted into
the breadboard. This is difficult to see without taking the chip out and examining its legs.
• In general, solid state devices are very reliable when operated under proper temperature
ranges, but very occasionally a chip may be faulty.
• Connecting wires can be split inside of the insulation. When this occurs, the insulation will
cause the wire to look as though it is intact, but if the copper is in two pieces inside the
insulation, current will not flow and the wire will actually be open.
• Faulty test equipment can adversely effect the circuit being tested and lead one to believe a
circuit is malfunctioning when it is not, or give you other false information that leads you
down the wrong path in your reasoning