About Truth table

Truth table


The truth table is an important part of the digital electronics discussion. We get different truth tables from each type of logical gates. 

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In Boolean algebra logic circuits have multiple inputs and only a single output. Combining these inputs and outputs we can make a table for understanding the combinations between them. This table is called the truth table.


Let us have n variables. From these n variables, we have a 2ⁿ number of inputs.

Let us have two variables X and Y. From these two inputs, we have 2² = 4 inputs.

Number of
Variables (n)
Number of
Inputs(2ⁿ)
2
2²=4
3
2³=8

Remember that value of the inputs either 0 or 1.

Structure for two inputs

For 2 inputs the truth table will be like this  

Inputs
Outputs
X
Y
R(Depends on
 logical gates)
0
0

0
1

1
0

1
1



Structure for three inputs 

For 3 inputs the truth table will be like this 

Inputs
Outputs
X
Y
Z
R(Depends on
 logical gates)
0
0
0

0
0
1

0
1
0

0
1
1

1
0
0

1
0
1

1
1
0

1
1
1


Expressions outputs are easily made comparable by the Truth table. After drawing a circuit with its logical expression we can write a truth table for understanding the outcomes from the inputs.

We have to use truth tables in a lot of cases in digital electronics such as in showing Encoder, Decoder probable outputs showing.

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