Educational Elixirs: educat.ninja Logic Gates Experimental Circuit Set

A modular logic gate set containing NOT, AND, NAND, OR, NOR, and XOR gates, together with logic input boards and splitters.

Suggested/Example Activity Worksheets

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A logic gate set which allows students to begin to explore Logic with working logic gates, build logic circuits, including half and full adder circuits - combining the two to make a working two-bit (half +full) adder circuit, Universal NAND and NOR gate modelling.

Logic circuits can be build from working physical gates, allowing students a real appreciation for the physicality of the applications of logic circuits.

The Universal kit allows for complex logic circuits to be built and examined including building logic gates from NAND gates and a working adding circuit which can combine a pair of two-bit binary numbers together (a combination of a half and full adder).

Suitable for practical, hands-on, exploratory and experimental lessons allowing students to work independently with minimal teacher talk.

Changes to inputs instantly cascade throughout the circuit

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Each gate has LEDs showing the input and output from each gate and the boards have magnetic feet which allow them to be mounted on a vertical whiteboard and the USB-A and USB-C connections ensure that the boards are connected correctly.

There are also a few suggested activities including students discovering for themselves the truth tables for each gate, a structured worksheet allowing them to build a half adder, and more advanced, more challenging activities for higher ability students, building each gate from the universal NAND and NOR gates through trial and error and perseverance, rather than relying on the internet to simply give them the answer.