Question

Look at the truth table below. A, B, and C are inputs and Z
is the output. How many cells must its Karnaugh Map
contain?
A B C Z
0 0 1 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
1
0 1 0 1 0 1 0
1 9. Refer to the problem above. Draw its Karnaugh Map,
populate its contents, and write the logic expression in its
most simpliied SOP form.

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To determine how many cells the Karnaugh map (K-map) should contain, we need to consider the number of inputs. In this case, there are three inputs (A, B, C), which means the K-map will have \(2^3 = 8\) cells.

### Truth Table Rearrangement

Let's correct and arrange the truth table correctly for clarity:

| A | B | C | Z |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### K-map Setup

The K-map for three variables (A, B, C) is organized as follows, where each cell corresponds to a combination of the variables:

```
BC
00 01 11 10
+----------------
A 0 | 0 1 1 0
1 | 0 1 1 1
```

### Population of the K-map

Now we will fill in the K-map using the mapped values from the truth table:

1. (000) → 0
2. (001) → 1
3. (010) → 0
4. (011) → 1
5. (100) → 0
6. (101) → 1
7. (110) → 1
8. (111) → 1

This means we get:

```
BC
00 01 11 10
+----------------
A 0 | 0 1 1 0
1 | 0 1 1 1
```

### Expression Formation

To find the simplified Sum of Products (SOP) expression from the K-map:

1. Identify the groups of 1s in the K-map:
- There are groups of 1s at (0,1), (0,2), (1,1), (1,2), and (1,3).

2. From these groups, we get the following terms:
- For (0,1) and (0,2): In True when A=0 and B=1, giving us \(B C'\):
- For (1,1): In True when A=1, B=0, and C=1, giving us \(A B'C\).
- For (1,2): In True when A=1 and B=1, C can be anything, giving us \(A B\).
- For (1,3): In True when A=1 and B=1, and C can be anything, giving us \(A B C\).

### Final SOP Expression

Combining these terms in their most simplified form:

\[ Z = A B + A B'C + B C \]

This represents the logic expression for the output Z based on inputs A, B, and C. Thus, the answer includes knowing the K-map has 8 cells, populating it accurately, and deriving the final minterm expression based on grouped 1s.