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The Logic

  1. 01The Logic
  2. 02The connection
  3. 03Try it yourself
  4. 04What did you notice?
  5. 05Both must agree
  6. 06Either will do
  7. 07Here's an analogy to hammer home the point
  8. 08The inverter
  9. 09Gates talk to each other
  10. 10Three gates, one circuit
  11. 11Three rules
  12. 12Building logic
  13. 13A simple comparison
  14. 14Turn the rule into gates
  15. 15Flip before you compare
  16. 16Small rules stack up
  17. 17Take a breath
  18. 18What is 1+1?
  19. 19Addition, from scratch
  20. 20Two gates, that's it
  21. 21Memory
  22. 22Reinforce your understanding
  23. 23Question: AND gate
  24. 24Question: NOT gate
  25. 25Question: Binary addition
  26. 26Quiz: answer
  27. 27One switch
  28. 28Want to go deeper?
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Small rules stack up

That comparison was tiny.
Two inputs. Two gates. One output.

But the important part is the shape of the work.
Start with a question the machine can answer with 1 or 0. Break it into smaller yes/no questions. Wire those questions together until the final wire means the thing you wanted to know.

That is what logic means here. Not a machine thinking like a person. Just a rule, built out of tiny yes/no questions.

Add more wires and more gates, and the same idea can compare bigger numbers. Add a different arrangement, and it can do something else entirely.

Citations(2)↓
  1. 1. nand2tetris.org
  2. 2. charlespetzold.com
Citations(2)↓
  1. 1. nand2tetris.org
  2. 2. charlespetzold.com