Digital Logic Design Laboratory Hand Book

Experiment No. 9
IMPLEMENTATION OF GRAY TO BCD CONVERTER

OBJECTIVE
 Design and implementation of Gray to BCD converter

EQUIPMENT
 ePAL Trainer Board
 2 resisters 1K ohm
 Connecting wires

COMPONENTs
 IC Type 7408 Quadruple 2-input AND gates
 IC Type 7404 Hex Inverters
 IC Type 7432 Quadruple 2-input OR gates

THEORY
The Gray Code belongs to a class of codes called minimum-change codes, in which only one bit

in the code group changes when going from one step to the next. The gray code is unweighted

code. Because of this, it is not suitable for arithmetic operations but finds applications in

input/output devices and some types of analog-to-digital converters. The Gray Code is referred

digital code with special property that two adjacent Gray code numbers differ by only one bit. This

type of encoding is called a unit distance code. It is suited for encoding a physical parameter,

such as a shaft position of a motor. As the shaft turns continuously from one position to the next,

only one bit in the code changes and avoids any ambiguity and improper representation of the shaft

position.

CONNECTION DIAGRAM
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Figure 5.1 implementation of Gray to BCD converter

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PROCEDURE
1. Connect the RIMS Trainer to the 220V AC supply.
2. Verify all gates of 74LS08, 74LS04 and 74LS32.
3. Implement the circuit as shown in Figure 5.1.

RESULTS & CALCULATIONS

Decimal Gray Code BCD

A B C D W X Y Z

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0

3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1

4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0

5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1

6 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0

7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1

8 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1

Boolean Expression W=A

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Decimal Gray Code BCD

A B C D W X Y Z

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0

3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1

4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0

5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1

6 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0

7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1

8 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1

Table 5.1 A’B=X

Decimal Gray Code BCD

A B C D W X Y Z

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0

3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1

4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0

5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1

6 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0

7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1

8 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1

Y=ABC’+B’C
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Decimal Gray Code BCD

A B C D W X Y Z

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0

3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1

4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0

5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1

6 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0

7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1

8 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1

Z=A’BC’D’+(B’C’D+AD+BCD+B’CD’)
CONCLUSION
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