K-Map
Content:
1. Truth table to Karnaugh map,
2. Pair quads and Octets,
3. Sum-of-Products method,
4. Products-of-Sum method.
K-Map :- It is the systematic procedure to solve the logic circuit problems without understanding the concepts of
         Boolean algebra.
    Truth table to Karnaugh map, and 2,3,4 Variables                                                      CD
                                                                                                               00      01       11       10
                                                                                                     AB
                                          BC
     B
             0            1                           00          01            11            10          00 A’B’C’D’ A’B’C’D   A’B’CD   A’B’CD’
A                                     A
     0   A’ B’        A’ B                0        A’ B’ C’    A’ B’ C       A’ B C        A’ B C’        01 A’BC’D’   A’BC’D   A’BCD    A’BCD’
         A B’         A BAB
     1                                    1        A B’ C’     A B’ C        ABC           A B C’         11 ABC’D’    ABC’D    ABCD     ABCD’
                               Cell                                                                       10 AB’C’D’   AB’C’D   AB’CD    AB’CD’
    Pairs, quads, and octets
    Number of cells = 2^n, where n is number of variables.
                              00                              01                      11                  10
                 00                           0                          1                      3                2
                 01
                                              4                          5                      7                6
                 11
                                              12                     13                        15               14
                 10                           8                          9                     11                10
Rules for grouping.
1.   1’s and 0’s are not grouped.
2.   1’s are not grouped diagonally.
3.   Maximum number of 1’s are taken at a time.
3.   For pair two 1’s are present adjacently or even at end of the matrix.
4.   For quads four 1’s should be present adjacently.
5.   For octet eight 1’s should be present adjacently.
Sum-of-Product simplification (SOP)
                                                                C
For this 1’s taken in consideration.
                                                           AB                0       1
                                                                     1           1
                                                                00
     A’ B’ C’ + A’ B’ C +   A B C’ + A B’ C’
                                                                01
                                                                     1
                                                                11
                                                                     1
                                                                10
       *0 = A’
       *1 = A
Product-of-Sum simplification
                           C
                              (POS)
For this 0’s taken in consideration.                                        0       1
                                                              AB
                                                                        0
                                                                   00
  ( A + B + C )( A + B’ + C )( A’ + B’ + C )( A’ + B + C’ )             0
                                                                   01
                                                                        0
                                                                   11
                                                                                0
                                                                   10
        *0 = A
        *1 = A’
 Applications.
 1. It simplify to solve logic circuit problems.
 2. It used to design VOTING MACHINE.
 3. Karnaugh maps are useful for detecting and eliminating race conditions.
References
1.   My notes,
2.   Nptel sources materials,
3.   Electronic Circuits( Discrete And Integrated) by Donald L. Schilling Charles Belove.
                                                                         Thankyou.
                                                                         Sourabh Sahu
                                                                         0901EE211118.