{"id":1011,"date":"2023-08-29T01:37:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T08:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/eagle\/blog\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2025-08-07T07:27:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:27:47","slug":"you-shall-not-pass-how-logic-gates-work-in-digital-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/you-shall-not-pass-how-logic-gates-work-in-digital-electronics\/","title":{"rendered":"Logic Gates &amp; Logic Circuits Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Learn what logic gates are, how circuit gates combine into powerful logic circuits, and why these foundational electronics gates drive today\u2019s digital world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"logic-gates-in-digital-electronics-how-circuit-gates-shape-every-logic-circuit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logic gates in digital electronics: How circuit gates shape every logic circuit<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_325431948-1-1024x648.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_325431948-1-1024x648.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_325431948-1-300x190.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_325431948-1-768x486.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_325431948-1-1536x972.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_325431948-1.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The binary world of 1s and 0s alone doesn\u2019t allow us to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/36377-used-spacex-rocket-second-landing-video.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">re-land rockets in the middle of the ocean<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Amazon-Prime-Air\/b?node=8037720011\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deliver packages within minutes through the use of drones<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2016-06-stephen-hawking-universe.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">map the known physical universe and all of its wonders<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. No, what makes all of this possible is our ability to slice and dice binary numbers in all of their infinite possibilities through some heavy-hitting mathematics. Our ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide binary numbers in a variety of ways is what has allowed us to create the world of digital electronics that we know today. To get from 1s and 0s to the latest advances in medicine, space exploration, and science, you\u2019ve got to start with logic gates. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<?php\nfunction autodesk_fusion_cta_horizontal() {\n    ob_start();\n    ?>\n    <style>\n        .cta-section-horizontal {\n            background: #ddd; \/* Much lighter grey background *\/\n            padding: 12px; \/* Adjusted padding *\/\n            border-radius: 8px;\n            box-shadow: 0 3px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);\n            color: #333; \/* Darker text color for better readability *\/\n            display: flex;\n            align-items: center;\n            justify-content: space-between;\n            max-width: 650px; \/* Width adjusted for a more compact look *\/\n            margin: 20px auto;\n            position: relative;\n            flex-wrap: nowrap; \/* Prevent wrapping *\/\n        }\n\n        .cta-section-horizontal img {\n            width: 60px; \/* Slightly larger logo *\/\n            height: auto; \/* Maintain aspect ratio *\/\n            margin-right: 12px; \/* Adjusted spacing *\/\n            background-color: #ddd; \/* Match the background color *\/\n            padding: 6px; \/* Adjusted padding *\/\n            border-radius: 8px; \/* Slightly rounding to match container *\/\n            box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px #ddd; \/* Blend with background *\/\n        }\n\n        .cta-text {\n            flex: 1;\n            margin-right: 12px; \/* Adjusted spacing *\/\n        }\n\n        .cta-title {\n            font-size: 18px; \/* Slightly larger title font size *\/\n            font-weight: bold; \/* Bold title *\/\n            color: #f9a825; \/* Orange color *\/\n            margin-bottom: 4px; \/* Reduced margin *\/\n        }\n\n        .cta-info {\n            display: none; \/* Hide description *\/\n        }\n\n        .cta-buttons {\n            display: flex;\n            gap: 8px; \/* Adjusted button spacing *\/\n            align-items: center;\n        }\n\n        .cta-button {\n            padding: 8px 12px; \/* Button padding *\/\n            font-size: 12px; \/* Smaller font size for buttons *\/\n            font-weight: bold;\n            text-transform: uppercase;\n            border-radius: 4px; \/* Slightly rounded corners *\/\n            border: 2px solid transparent;\n            cursor: pointer;\n            transition: all 0.3s ease;\n            display: inline-flex; \/* Use inline-flex to ensure proper alignment *\/\n            align-items: center; \/* Center align text vertically *\/\n            justify-content: center; \/* Center align text horizontally *\/\n            text-decoration: none !important; \/* Ensure no underlines with !important *\/\n            color: inherit; \/* Use the button's text color *\/\n        }\n\n        .cta-button.white-button {\n            background-color: #fff;\n            color: #333;\n            border: 2px solid #ddd;\n        }\n\n        .cta-button.white-button:hover {\n            background-color: #333;\n            color: #fff;\n            border: 2px solid #f9a825;\n        }\n\n        .cta-button.black-button {\n            background-color: #f9a825;\n            color: #fff;\n            border: 2px solid #f9a825;\n        }\n\n        .cta-button.black-button:hover {\n            background-color: #fff;\n            color: #f9a825;\n            border: 2px solid #fff;\n        }\n    <\/style>\n\n    <div class=\"cta-section-horizontal\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/autodesk-fusion-product-icon-400.png\" alt=\"Autodesk Fusion Logo\">\n        <div class=\"cta-text\">\n            <h1 class=\"cta-title\">Elevate your design and manufacturing processes with Autodesk Fusion<\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"cta-buttons\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/trial-intake-flow\" class=\"cta-button white-button\">Get a 30-Day Free Trial<\/a>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/extensions\" class=\"cta-button black-button\">See Plans and Pricing<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <?php\n    return ob_get_clean();\n}\nadd_shortcode('autodesk_fusion_cta_horizontal', 'autodesk_fusion_cta_horizontal');\n?>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"out-on-the-farm\">Out on the farm<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s say you\u2019re living out on a farm, and you\u2019ve got a bunch of chickens to tend to on a nice plot of land. Each morning you wake up, open the gate to your farm, and let your chickens loose out in your pasture. This gate is your method of controlling the flow of chickens into and out of your farm and helps you to meet your goals of having happy and healthy creatures that continue laying eggs for years on end.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_48657671-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_48657671-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_48657671-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_48657671-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_48657671-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_48657671.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Transistors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a computer, we can also use a gate to control a flow and achieve an end goal, but instead of chickens, we control the flow of an electric current as it goes running around a circuit. This gate in the world of digital electronics is known as a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/eagle\/blog\/transistors-world-modern-electrons\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">transistor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and can be in one of two states, on or off, or open or closed if you like to think of it as a gate. When a transistor is on, or open, then an electric current can flow through. And when it\u2019s off, then no current flows.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you string a bunch of these transistors together, then you get what\u2019s called a <\/span>logic gate.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-a-logic-gate\">What is a logic gate?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A logic gate is an electronic device that performs a basic logical operation on one or more binary inputs, producing a single binary output. It follows Boolean algebra rules, with outputs being either 0 (false) or 1 (true). Logic gates are fundamental building blocks of digital circuits like computers and smartphones.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"logic-gate-inputs-and-outputs\">Logic gate inputs and outputs<\/h3>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a physical circuit, these logic gates have:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inputs<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> All logic gates require some kind of input value so that they have numbers to compare. These figures come in the form of voltages. When your input voltage is 0V, then it\u2019s considered to be low, or 0. And when you have a voltage of 5V as an input, then this is deemed to be high, or 1. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Outputs<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Once a logic gate has a chance to process your input, it can then make a decision on whether to open its gate or keep it closed. This output is entirely determined by the type of logic gate you\u2019re using, and some will only open if you have two high voltages as an input, whereas others will only open if you have a low voltage but not a high voltage as an input. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By using a combination of both high and low voltages and sending them through a logic gate\u2019s input, we can make some amazing things happen. But at the end of the day, we\u2019re still working with <\/span>a <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fundamental question: do we want to allow a particular logic gate to allow an electric current to pass through, or not? While this might seem simplistic at an individual level, chaining all of this logic and decision-making together is how we\u2019ve gone to create some amazing digital electronics in such a short period of history. But are logic gates really anything new?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-concept-of-logic-gates-are-older-than-you-think\">The concept of logic gates are older than you think<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_8932438-1024x685.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_8932438-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_8932438-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_8932438-768x514.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_8932438-1536x1028.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_8932438.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vacuum Tubes <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logic gates have been around for longer than you\u2019ve been alive, in varying forms of computer technologies. What started as mechanical relay switches consisting of an electromagnetic and a set of contacts soon evolved into vacuum tubes for use in televisions, light bulbs, and more in the 1900s. And while these vacuum tubes were a lot faster than their relay counterparts, they were just as bulky and unreliable, which led us to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/eagle\/blog\/how-transistors-changed-electronics-forever\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creation of the transistor in 1947<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transistors were perfect. They were reliable, didn\u2019t consume nearly as much power as vacuum tubes and relays, and were incredibly small in size. Despite their difference in size and shape, the function of relays, vacuum tubes, and transistors were all the same. They worked as a switch to control the flow of electricity based on some input voltage.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 1960s, we started to put together a collection of transistors together that led to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/eagle\/blog\/integrated-circuit-moores-law\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creation of the first integrated circuit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ushering in our age of modern computers. These ICs started off simple, cramming in about 20 transistors in a 3 mm square chip of silicon with other components like resistors and diodes. The earliest ICs were referred to as small-scale integrated (SSI) ICs.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/smd-electronic-chips-in-dip-case-2021-08-27-22-33-11-utc-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/smd-electronic-chips-in-dip-case-2021-08-27-22-33-11-utc-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/smd-electronic-chips-in-dip-case-2021-08-27-22-33-11-utc-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/smd-electronic-chips-in-dip-case-2021-08-27-22-33-11-utc-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/smd-electronic-chips-in-dip-case-2021-08-27-22-33-11-utc-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/smd-electronic-chips-in-dip-case-2021-08-27-22-33-11-utc.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Integrated Circuit <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The production of ICs continued to advance though, soon cramming in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intel_4004\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4,800 transistors in the first microprocessor in 1974 made by Intel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Today, we\u2019re in the age of very large-scale integrated (VLSI) ICs, which can pack in millions and even billions of transistors into one tiny package. All of these integrated circuits are mathematical powerhouses, stringing together a dizzying amount of logic gates with the help of transistors to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers as we please.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"logic-gates-and-chickens\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logic gates and chickens<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a variety of logic gates, including AND, OR, NOT, XOR, NAND, and NOR. Each of these logic gates has a very specific way of handling the inputs and the output that it produces. But regardless of what kind of logic gate we\u2019re talking about, the inputs and outputs will break everything down to two binary numbers that make up digital electronics, 1 and 0.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"types-of-logic-gates\">Types of Logic gates:<\/h2>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AND<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NAND<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BUFFER<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XOR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XNOR<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_613706823-1024x614.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_613706823-1024x614.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_613706823-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_613706823-768x461.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_613706823-1536x922.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_613706823.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"and-gate\">AND gate<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AND-Gate-01-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AND-Gate-01-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AND-Gate-01-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AND-Gate-01-768x319.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AND-Gate-01.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s head back to our farm for a minute. Say we want to let out one of our chickens, but only if it\u2019s with a rooster so that it can have some protection out on our pasture. In this case, our chicken and rooster are dependent on each other. If the chicken AND the rooster are together, then we can let them through our gate and out into the pasture.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is how an <\/span>AND<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate works in an electronic circuit. The only way to get a high output of 1 is to have both of your inputs be 1s as well. Let\u2019s break this down and see how it works using our chickens in three scenarios:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have a chicken AND a rooster at our gate, then we will open the gate. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have a chicken AND no rooster at our gate, then we will keep the gate closed. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if we have no chicken AND no rooster at our gate, then we will keep the gate closed. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See the pattern here? Both inputs of an <\/span>AND<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate are entirely dependent on each other. You can\u2019t have one without the other to produce an output of 1. <\/span>T<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he only way to get a 1 for output is to have two of the same inputs flowing in. Otherwise, the gate in a transistor remains closed, and no electricity will be able to flow through. Here\u2019s how an<\/span> AND<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate will look on a schematic. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"or-gate\">OR gate<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OR-Gate-01-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OR-Gate-01-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OR-Gate-01-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OR-Gate-01-768x319.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OR-Gate-01.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back on our farm again, let\u2019s say this time we put up a fence, so we aren\u2019t too worried about our chickens going out with a rooster for protection. In this example, our chicken and rooster are not dependent on each other, so if a chicken OR a rooster approaches our gate, we will open it for them.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With an <\/span><b>OR<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate, you only need one of your inputs to be a 1 for the output to also be a 1. Here\u2019s how it would break down in our chicken scenario:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have a chicken OR a rooster at our gate, then we will open the gate. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have a chicken OR no rooster at our gate, then we will open the gate. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have no chicken OR no rooster at our gate, then we will keep the gate closed. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pattern here is also pretty clear as well. Both of our inputs are not dependent on each other, and so long as one of them is present, our gate will open. Here\u2019s how all of this will look in a truth table with A and B being inputs, and Q being the output:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to quickly identify an <\/span>OR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate on a schematic, look for this symbol:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"not-gate\">NOT gate<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NOT-Gate-01-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NOT-Gate-01-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NOT-Gate-01-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NOT-Gate-01-768x319.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NOT-Gate-01.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span>NOT<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate gets a little tricky with our chicken analogy, so let\u2019s try something else. Say you also have some goats on your farm, but you don\u2019t ever want to let them outside of your gate. So even if we have a goat at our <\/span>NOT<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate really wanting to go out, we aren\u2019t going to open the gate. Despite our goat representing a 1 in our logic gate as an input, a <\/span>NOT<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate always produces an opposite output.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But let\u2019s say the goat walks away from our gate, we now have a 0 as our input, being the absence of the goat. According to our <\/span>NOT<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate, this will produce an output of a 1, meaning that we can keep our gate open so long as we don\u2019t have any goats nearby.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NOT<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gates are a bit strange when compared to other gates, as they always do the complete opposite of whatever input value you provide it. These gates also only require one input to produce their output, whereas other gates will always need two inputs. Here\u2019s how the combinations for a <\/span>NOT<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate will look in a truth table with A being the sole input and Q being the output:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it\u2019s pretty easy to spot a <\/span>NOT<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate on a schematic, just look for the logic gate with only one input and one output.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"xor-gate\">XOR Gate<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/XOR-Gate-01-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/XOR-Gate-01-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/XOR-Gate-01-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/XOR-Gate-01-768x319.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/XOR-Gate-01.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back to our farm, we have an XOR gate, which is just like an OR gate, except that if both of our inputs are present, then the gate will remain closed. You can think of an XOR gate as being a kind of either\/or situation. For example:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have EITHER a chicken OR a rooster at our gate, then we will open the gate.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have no chicken or rooster at our gate, then we will keep the gate closed. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have both a chicken and a rooster at our gate, then we will keep the gate closed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another way of understanding an XOR gate is this &#8211; you\u2019ll always get an output of 1 if your inputs are a mix of a 1 and a 0. And if you have two of the same inputs, like a 0 and a 0, or a 1 and a 1, then you\u2019ll get a 0 for an output. Here\u2019s how all of the <\/span>XOR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate combinations will look in a truth table with A and B being inputs, and Q being the output:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And to put an <\/span>XOR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate on a schematic, be on the lookout for this symbol:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"xnor-gate\">XNOR Gate<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/XNOR-Gate-01-ed-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/XNOR-Gate-01-ed-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/XNOR-Gate-01-ed-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/XNOR-Gate-01-ed-768x319.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/XNOR-Gate-01-ed.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This gate is a combination of the <\/span>XOR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span>NOT<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gates. So the outputs will be 1 if the inputs are the same, regardless of whether they\u2019re 1s or 0s. And if the inputs are different, the output will be 0, or false. For our chickens, we can use an XNOR gate to open our gate only when a chicken and rooster pair journey out together, or if there are no chickens or roosters together. For example:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have a chicken OR a rooster at our gate, then we will open the gate. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have a chicken but not a rooster at our gate, then we will keep the gate closed. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have no chicken OR rooster at our gate, then we will open the gate. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And here\u2019s how all of this will break down in a truth table, with A and B being the inputs, and Q being the output:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The schematic symbol for an <\/span>XNOR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate looks very similar to an <\/span>XOR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate with the addition of a dot at the end of the output:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"nand-gate\">NAND Gate<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NAND-Gate-01-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NAND-Gate-01-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NAND-Gate-01-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NAND-Gate-01-768x319.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NAND-Gate-01.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This gate works similarly to an <\/span>AND<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate, except that when you have two inputs of 1, you\u2019ll always get an output of 0. So let\u2019s say that we only want to let our chickens out one at a time, but not with a rooster. A <\/span>NAND<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate is just what we need to make this happen:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have both a chicken AND a rooster at our gate, then we will NOT open the gate. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have a chicken AND no rooster at our gate, then we will open the gate. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have no chicken AND no rooster at our gate, then we will open the gate. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re getting stuck on this then, then try thinking of it like this &#8211; a <\/span>NAND<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate works as both an <\/span>AND<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate and a <\/span>NOT<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate. It first compares the two values using <\/span>AND<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> logic and then provides an opposite output based on the <\/span>AND<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> logic. Here\u2019s how all of this breaks down in a truth table with A and B being inputs, and Q being the output:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"nor-gate\">NOR Gate<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NOR-Gate-01-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NOR-Gate-01-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NOR-Gate-01-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NOR-Gate-01-768x319.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NOR-Gate-01.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our last and final gate to work with on our farm is a <\/span>NOR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate, which is just like a <\/span>NAND<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate in that it has an opposite output than you might expect. A <\/span>NOR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate will work just like an <\/span>OR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate, except that its output is opposite of an <\/span>OR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate\u2019s output. For example, back on our farm let\u2019s say we have a mean storm raging outside and we don\u2019t want to let any of our chickens into our pasture. The <\/span>NOR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate is just what we need:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have a chicken OR a rooster at our gate, then we will not open the gate. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we have a chicken OR no rooster at our gate, then we will not open the gate. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If all of our chickens are safe in their coop and not at our gate, then we will open the gate. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still with us? A <\/span>NOR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate works both as an <\/span>OR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate and a <\/span>NOT<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gate. It first compared the two values using <\/span>OR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> logic and then provides an opposite output based on the <\/span>OR<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> logic. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"logic-gates-are-super-calculators\">Logic gates are super calculators<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_606956918-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_606956918-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_606956918-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_606956918-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_606956918-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AdobeStock_606956918.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While individual logic gates on their surface are all relatively simple and straightforward, it\u2019s the combination of these gates together that really brings out their superpowers. By using a combination of logic gates together in an integrated circuit, you can perform some incredibly complex calculations. And the more logic gates that you pack into the same physical space, the faster you can calculate! <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wherever you look in the world of digital electronics, you\u2019ve got logic gates at play, doing all the heavy mathematical lifting to make some amazing things happen inside every logic circuit we rely on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a variety of logic gates, including AND, OR, NOT, XOR, NAND, and NOR, a starter list of logic gate types every engineer should know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the pattern here? Both inputs of an AND gate are entirely dependent on each other, making it one of the most fundamental logical gates for decision control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With an OR gate, you only need one input to be 1 for the output to also be 1, a simple rule that powers countless logic circuits in CPUs and GPUs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready to experiment with your very own logic gates? 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