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CPE 311 LABORATORY EXPERIMENT #05

ARITHMETIC CIRCUITS DESIGN AND
IMPLEMENTATION
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the exercise, the students should be able to:
▪ Understand the concept of half and full adders
▪ Design and build ripple carry adders

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT:

▪ breadboard ▪ IC Type 7408 Quadruple 2-input AND
▪ multimeter (digital or analog) gates
▪ battery power supply (5V) ▪ IC Type 7432 Quadruple 2-input OR
▪ battery holder gates
▪ 5pcs LED ▪ IC Type 7404 Hex Inverters
▪ 5pcs 390 ohm resistor ▪ IC Type 7486 Quadruple 2-input XOR
▪ 2pcs switch or dip switches gates
▪ alligator clips ▪ IC Type 7400 Quadruple 2-input NAND
▪ connecting wires (2-gauge solid copper gates
wire)

PRINCIPLES:
Addition is just what you would expect in computers. Digits are added bit by bit from right to left,
with carries passed to the next digit to the left, just as you would do by hand. Subtraction uses
addition: the appropriate operand is imply negated before being added.

PROCEDURES:
NOTE: Please observe safety precautions and proper handling while conducting the laboratory experiment. This experiment
is to be performed under an instructor’s supervision.

For each logic gate do the following steps:

1. Setup below the circuit.
2. Place the IC in the proper location in a breadboard.
3. Give biasing to the IC (i.e. wire the IC to ground (0V) and power supply (+5 V).
4. Control connections. With the help of IC’s datasheet, connect the input pins of the gate to
data switches and the output pin to LED indicator.
5. Power up the circuit. Apply the indicated voltage.
6. Make voltage measurements at the points indicated to complete the table.
7. Use switch to determine the truth table for the circuits.
8. Write down in the truth table the output logic levels for every possible combination of input
levels, with help of LED indicator.
9. Repeat for all other gates.
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A. HALF ADDER

B. FULL ADDER
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C. RIPPLE ADDER