Journal: Karnaugh Maps
Due at 10:30pm the night before Friday, September 4, 2015

Please send your responses to curtsinger@cs.grinnell.edu with the subject “[CSC 211.01] Journal: Karnaugh Maps”.

Keep your answers brief; a few sentences should be enough to show you are thinking critically about the question.

Questions

  1. Explain the concept of a minterm to your friend who has just started taking CSC 161.
  2. Which of the rules for grouping ones in a Kmap seems the most important to remember? Why?
  3. What is an activity you have done before that seems similar to KMap simplification?
  4. What are “don’t care”s and why are they useful?