Questions tagged [logisim]
Logisim is a logic circuit designer for creating simple and advance logic circuits such as RAMs, Registers, CPUs, and ........
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Logisim Flashing button
How can i create a button with a clock that is connected to a LED that the LED turns on when the button is pressed but even if you keep holding it it will turn off
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Designing a cryptographic S-Box in Logisim
I am currently working in Logisim and was wondering if I can design some ciphers in the same. One such cipher is PRESENT cipher which is essentially a block cipher. I did get that I need to design the ...
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How to get the IC numbers of the logisim items
Logisim makes it very easy for user to intuitively manipulate and edit the components already provided to achieve the circuit he wants. But there is no information ...
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Curious Behavior In Logisim while trying to mimic a halt instruction
I'm in the process of trying to simulate a halt instruction based on some arbitrary value. My circuit design may not follow best practices as I'm disabling the overall or master clock sign with a ...
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How to use two Demux to index a matrix layout of registers
Consider the following. Let's say for simplicity sake I have an arrangement of 8 bit registers in a 4x4 matrix layout. I could easily use a Demux that has a 4 bit input select line for the addresses ...
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Starting and stopping of a Mod N Counter for a FSM in Logisim
I'm working on a circuit for control logic. I'm using a 3 bit down counter. There is a control signal that when it goes high starts the counter by presetting it with a value of 5. The counter is ...
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Logism shows output as X, even though the gate is connected
Below is a basic not Gate using nandgate.
Not Sure why output is X, when I change it to Output properties to three state no, I can't modify circuit.
Some times, these issues go away when I restart ...
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Implementing a SN74LS245 Octal Bus Transceivers With 3-State Outputs in Logisim
I'm testing out different circuit simulator programs and I was able to build the integrated circuit SN74LS245 Octal Bus Transceiver in a program called Digital ...
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Help making a adder/subtractor on Logisim
I have attempted to make an 4 bit Adder and Subtractor circuit on Logisim, but i've came across a problem. So the Adder works but the subtractor doesn't. When i do subtraction the 1 thats carried in ...
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8-Bit Program Counter Implementation
I'm trying to construct an 8-Bit Program Counter, in Logisim. It currently has functions LOAD, which makes the 8-Bit input (A0-A7) appear at the output (S0-S7) on the clock pulse:
Loading 1 as input:
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Logisim input and terminal issue
I had this final gate that I made. but when I run it in terminal. it says my output is E instead of 0/1. I wanna know why my output is E instead of 0/1.
The circuit should have four inputs: A, B, C, ...
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Creating D-latch using Nand gates in Logisim?
I have designed a D-latch using NAND gates. The problem is when I convert it into a subcircuit the output is False no matter what my second input(clock input)is? It only works if I put the default ...
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How to produce a register bank comprising four such registers in Logisim, sharing common data lines D0 … D7 and outputs <Q0 … Q7>?
I made a D-Latch circuit that looks like this:
and I converted it into a subcircuit and made an 8 bit register like this:
But how do I make a register bank using four such registers? Any help is ...
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Logisim red wire bug
When I add a wire segment to a wire that's turned on, it turns red (even though I'm not connecting it to anything else). In fact, any wire passing over that particular dot in the schematic turns red. ...
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Unsigned multiplier
So I'm trying to build a 4-bit 2's Complement Multiplier on logisim.
Here's what I have so far...The first pic is like an overview/drafting, the little chart on the right is accurate I think. The ...
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8-bit synchronous up/down counter [Logisim]
I am trying to create an 8-bit programmable up/down counter using D Flip flops. So far, this is what I have:
The first 3 flip flops function correctly for both up and down, but the 4th doesn't. I ...
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How can I implement a digital clock in Logisim?
I'm trying to simulate a 12h-digital clock in Logisim. Here's the logic diagram:
I could simulate BCD to 7 Segment but I don't know how to create a CTR DIV 10 and CTR DIV 6 in Logisim, so I tried to ...
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Using LED display
This is my current circuit. It's a 2 person colour guessing game. The first person will choose the colour code the other player has to try and guess using the registers on the left and then set the ...
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Multiplying numbers with number 12 on Logisim
I need a bit help/tips about solving my exercises.
So I got the excerise as follow: Im gonna multiply all 4-bit numbers (0-15) with the decimal number 12.
Now, 12 is 1100.
Input is going to be 4 bit,...
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Logisim ROM Output not matching address input
I'm getting this really weird problem when trying to use the built in ROM chip in Logisim. First off, even though I specified a 16-bit data bit width, the ROM only stores 4 bits per address (isn't ...
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How to make shift register logisim
How would i make a 4 bit shift register with d flip flops so that only 1 led is active at once. So for example if a button was pushed the first led would light up and the other 3 would be off. If the ...
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Blue wire in logisim
I created this circuit and at first all the wires were green but when I copied it out of the main folder into another one, the wires turned blue. I've tried messing around with it and looking up what ...
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New to circuits: Creating a toggle button in Logisim using Latch
I have just started doing logic and circuits and I am trying to make a toggle button using a button and a latch. I can't seem to figure out how to make the light toggle instead of turning on when the ...
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Custom-built NAND SR latch not resetting
I'm trying to build SR latch in Logisim using NAND gates, but I seem to be unable to get the latch to truly reset. I can set S to 0 and R to 1, but once I set it back to 0, Q goes back to being 1. How ...
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how do I use a multiplexer to select a logic function to use?
I have a homework assignment where I'm supposed to use 4:1 multiplexers to select from one of four logic functions in Logisim. However, my only experience with multiplexers in Logisim up to this point ...
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How to simulate a FIFO in Logisim
I'm looking at prototyping a design I plan to build using logisim. The design will make use of a FIFO IC (74HC40105) as a buffer between a data producer process and a data consumer process. I can't ...
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How to write a program for 4-Bit CPU made in Logisim?
So I finally got my 4-Bit CPU working on Logisim, and am trying to get it to do commands and display them, but am unable to do so. My CPU looks like the following:
I am trying to implement the ...
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Is this an encoder? Correct naming of circuitry
Newby to the digital circuitry world please be nice.
For a rock paper scissors game, I've created the following to determine a winner, however I don't know what this circuit would be called in the ...
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Divide by N clock/frequency
I need to create a clock divider which has 2 inputs: n(12 bit) , clock.
For every even N it needs to divide the clock frequency by that number. (2,4,6,8 etc). However I have run into some problems. ...
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Don't Understand the Notation on this State Diagram
This like a simple question, but I can't find a clear answer anywhere. Basically, I am used to seeing and implementing state diagrams that look like this:
Where the output and input are in this ...
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Logisim sidebar disappeared
How do I get the sidebar back? I minimized it in an attempt to get more screen space but I cannot seem to get it back.
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Logisim Problem
I designed two or latch, one with or gate, and another one with transistors, but the one I designed with transistors wont work as expected.
Can anyone please tell me if it has a logical problem or if ...
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Help implementing a synchronous circuit in Logisim
I am trying to implement the following circuit in Logisim, yet all I get is y=0. Any idea what might be the problem? As the original circuit seems to be correctly implemented I would guess that the ...
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Help using MUX in Logisim
I am experiencing difficulties using Logisim whilst trying to implement a simple 2-to-1 MUX. I keep getting "Incompatible Widths" error messages no matter how I connect it. Any idea what's causing ...
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How to design a control bit to turn unsigned binary into two's complement?
I am designing a 4-bit comparator using only basic logic gates (and, or, nand, xor, etc.) In its current form, the comparator takes two 4-bit unsigned binary numbers (A and B) and compares each bit ...
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Comparator on Logisim
Currently working on an elevator circuit. I am using 4-bits to represent the floor that the elevator is on, and I need a way of comparing this value to the floor that the user wants to get to. I am ...
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Logisim Adder Circuit
I was trying to add 0xA5 and 0x44 by using adder circuit and connect Hex Digit Display to show. however, the Hex Digit Display doesn't show me anything and the result also not right. i would ...
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How to simplify a multiplicator that currently consists of many adders?
I have created a circuit with 64 AND gates, 77 1-bit adders and one OR gate. I am trying to create a 8 by 8 multiplier. How can I simplify this circuit, especially using the 8-bit adders?
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4 by 4 bit Multiplier. Logisim help
I am trying to recreate the following design:
When I create it in Logisim, this is the error I get:
I understand the incompability is due to the number of data bits. When I adjust the data bits, ...
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How Do I Expand the Divider?
I'm trying to make a 128-bit divider in Logisim using Logisim's built-in arithmetic library. How do connect the dividers so that I can work with division of greater than 32-bits?
What I have ...
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AND gate, red wires logisim
I have these and gates. When I disconnect one of the red wires from its corresponding gate, the other goes green. But if they're both connected it goes red. From what I've read in the documentation, ...
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Can a button toggle a 1-bit pin?
I know that buttons, when pressed will send a value of one, but when released will go back to zero. So what I'm asking is can a button TOGGLE a one(or more) one bit pin(s)? I'm using Logisim, but I ...
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Very simple CPU design in LogiSim
I'm currently a junior in highschool, and I've been interested in computer/electrical engineering, specifically microprocessor design. I've read Code by Charles Petzold, , and have begun reading the ...
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Stopping RAM from Writing in Logisim
One of my labs for my computer science hardware organization class has us designing a simple memory circuit. It uses RAM memory with 16 4-bit values. The description is as follows:
"Build a circuit ...
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How do I transition from one state to another with d-flip-flops? (digital lock)
I am currently trying to make a digital lock for an assignment, the code in this example is hardcoded 1-2-3.
This is what I have so far:
x0,x1,x2 are the BCD input for the lock. I am trying to make ...
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4 to 1 multi-bit multiplexer implementation [Q]
We are tasked with creating a 4 to 1 multiplexer with 4-bit inputs. I believe I fully understand how to create a 4 to 1 1-bit multiplexer, but I completely do not understand what the 'input' side and '...
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How do you convert a number to its 4-bit binary equivalent using logic gates?
Circuit storing number as binary
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My aim is to store numbers from 0-15(4 bits) as binary. The numbers are inputted using a keypad with buttons labelled N0-N9.
The circuit works for single digit ...
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Function of demultiplexers in Register File
What is the function of demultiplexers (DMX) in this Logisim diagram of a Register File design:
Also could you explain the meaning of:
dreg,sreg,treg
dsel,ssel,tsel
dwrite,swrite,twrite
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How do you store a number entered through keypad buttons in D flip-flops? [closed]
In the circuit, only ONE value from N0-N9 will be high.
So, only one of the OR gates will have a HIGH value. I need to use only the HIGH output from the OR gates output.
I tried using a multiplexer ...
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Initial Error State In Logisim, Alternate Solution?
I am currently working on this problem for a computer systems class and have nearly (touch wood) found a solution. The solution I have right now correctly does what the brief asked for BUT starts with ...
