WJEC Eduqas A Level Computer Science (A500QS)Specification point 1.2

Eduqas A500QS 1.2: Logical operations

The free BugBot lessons that teach this point, a robot to try it on, and the past-paper questions that test it.

Lessons that teach it

  1. A8.1 Logic gates and notation Boolean algebra and logic circuits
    NOT, AND, OR, XOR, NAND and NOR, the notation each board uses, and why NAND alone can build anything.
  2. A8.2 Circuits, expressions and truth tables Boolean algebra and logic circuits
    Reading and drawing circuits, defining a problem in Boolean logic, and sum of products from a truth table.
  3. A8.3 Boolean identities and laws Boolean algebra and logic circuits
    The identities, commutation, association, distribution, double negation and absorption, proved by truth table.
  4. A8.4 De Morgan's laws Boolean algebra and logic circuits
    Breaking the bar and changing the sign, NAND and NOR, and rewriting the robot's loop condition.
  5. A8.5 Simplifying expressions Boolean algebra and logic circuits
    A method for simplifying by algebra, worked exam-style examples, and checking the result.
  6. A8.6 Karnaugh maps Boolean algebra and logic circuits
    Gray code order, grouping rules for two to four variables, wrap-around groups, and reading off the expression.
  7. A8.9 Project: the robot's safety logic Boolean algebra and logic circuits
    From a rule table to a Karnaugh map, a simplified expression, a proof and a robot that stops for the right reasons.

Try it on a robot

The task from A8.1 Logic gates and notation, running here. Change the program and press Run.

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