Project 2.1.1
Introduction
The United States 2000 Presidential Election between George W. Bush (Republican) and Albert "Al" Gore (Democrat) will be best remembered for the controversy over who won Florida's 25 electoral votes, and ultimately, who won the presidency.
At the heart of the controversy was the use of antiquated and unreliable paper ballots. The use of these paper ballots resulted in an unacceptable amount of over-votes and under-votes. An over-vote occurs when someone’s vote is counted more than once, and an under-vote occurs when someone’s vote is not counted at all.
To ensure that this type of controversy does not occur at your company, the board of directors has asked you to design an electronic voting machine. The voting machine will allow the four board members to cast their ballots and will display the pass/fail status of each of their decisions.
The board of directors has four members; a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer. Each member has a single yes/no vote. For a decision to pass, a majority of the board members must vote yes. In the event of a tie, the president’s vote is use to break the tie (i.e., if the president votes yes, the decision passes. If the president votes no, the decision fails.).
In this project, you will use only AND, OR & Inverter logic gates, frequently referred to as AOI logic, to design, simulate, and build a Majority Vote voting machine that meets these design specifications.
Conclusion
Dear Grandma,
I have designed a Majority-Vote Voting Machine for the board of directors. This machine will make voting a lot easier and more efficient. First, I had to create a truth table. A truth table is pretty much a list of all possible outputs for all of the possible input combinations. After I created a truth table I was able to get to work on the actual circuit that would make the machine work. I was able to do this by using Multisim, which is a very advanced Digital electronics software on the computer. Using this software I was able to use logic gates. Logic gates are very small devices that use inputs to determine an output. Using these logic gates I was able to create a circuit that would determine whether a decision would pass or fail based on who voted yes or no. I hope this circuit will help in many situations. It is very efficient and cheap. This is all I have to say for now; I hope to see you soon.
Love your grandson,
Lucas
The United States 2000 Presidential Election between George W. Bush (Republican) and Albert "Al" Gore (Democrat) will be best remembered for the controversy over who won Florida's 25 electoral votes, and ultimately, who won the presidency.
At the heart of the controversy was the use of antiquated and unreliable paper ballots. The use of these paper ballots resulted in an unacceptable amount of over-votes and under-votes. An over-vote occurs when someone’s vote is counted more than once, and an under-vote occurs when someone’s vote is not counted at all.
To ensure that this type of controversy does not occur at your company, the board of directors has asked you to design an electronic voting machine. The voting machine will allow the four board members to cast their ballots and will display the pass/fail status of each of their decisions.
The board of directors has four members; a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer. Each member has a single yes/no vote. For a decision to pass, a majority of the board members must vote yes. In the event of a tie, the president’s vote is use to break the tie (i.e., if the president votes yes, the decision passes. If the president votes no, the decision fails.).
In this project, you will use only AND, OR & Inverter logic gates, frequently referred to as AOI logic, to design, simulate, and build a Majority Vote voting machine that meets these design specifications.
Conclusion
Dear Grandma,
I have designed a Majority-Vote Voting Machine for the board of directors. This machine will make voting a lot easier and more efficient. First, I had to create a truth table. A truth table is pretty much a list of all possible outputs for all of the possible input combinations. After I created a truth table I was able to get to work on the actual circuit that would make the machine work. I was able to do this by using Multisim, which is a very advanced Digital electronics software on the computer. Using this software I was able to use logic gates. Logic gates are very small devices that use inputs to determine an output. Using these logic gates I was able to create a circuit that would determine whether a decision would pass or fail based on who voted yes or no. I hope this circuit will help in many situations. It is very efficient and cheap. This is all I have to say for now; I hope to see you soon.
Love your grandson,
Lucas