Help with my Karnaugh map circuit: it does not work

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The discussion revolves around troubleshooting a Karnaugh map simplification for a circuit derived from a truth table. Participants are examining the relationship between the boolean equation, the truth table, and the circuit's performance in simulation.

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  • One participant expresses confusion about the clarity of the original question, noting that the lack of detail makes it difficult to provide help.
  • Another participant points out that the boolean expression derived from the truth table can be large before simplification, suggesting that this is not necessarily indicative of an error.
  • Several participants agree that there is a mismatch between the inputs listed in the circuit and those in the truth table, raising questions about the definitions of the variables involved.
  • There is a request for clarification regarding the outputs of the circuit, as the current information does not clearly define them.

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Participants generally agree that there is confusion regarding the inputs and outputs of the circuit and the truth table. However, there is no consensus on the specific nature of the error or the solution to the problem.

Contextual Notes

Participants note that the original post lacks sufficient detail to fully understand the circuit and its components, which may hinder effective troubleshooting.

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Hi! Good night ;)

I have made the simplification of my circuit from the truth table using maps of.
Everything looks good, however the simulation does not work in many cases according to the truth table.

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I notice that my boolean equation taken from the maps looks very big, is there the error?
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If it is ok, the error is my circuit?
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Thanks for read!
 

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One of the problems with social media sites like PF is that you are getting feedback from volunteers. They may choose to help or not depending on their own level of interest and the difficulty required. So, you will get more and/or better responses if you make your questions easy to understand.

I do know about K-maps and I am confident I could solve this problem. But, the way you've asked is frankly more confusing than the engineering required. I don't know what A, B, C, and D are or how they relate to the other table or the schematic (eg. what does D1 indicate). I suppose I could probably figure it out with reverse engineering, but I'm just not motivated enough right now given how confusing you've made it. When understanding the question is harder than solving the problem, I'll tend to move on.

So, maybe you could add some more detail about what you are doing and why? Maybe you could define some of the labels you've introduced?

Finally, boolean expressions that are derived from truth tables can be very big before they are reduced with logic. For example: ## xyz + xy\bar{z} + x\bar{y}z + x\bar{y}\bar{z} = x ##
 
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Agreed.

For example, the circuit looks like ABCD are the inputs, but your truth table has different inputs and some inputs at the outputs?

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berkeman said:
Agreed.

For example, the circuit looks like ABCD are the inputs, but your truth table has different inputs and some inputs at the outputs?

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Yes, that's because the names corresponding to thins like "valve" "high level" "temperature" etc. but yes, it is ABCD
 
Noob of the Maths said:
Yes, that's because the names corresponding to thins like "valve" "high level" "temperature" etc. but yes, it is ABCD
Then what are the outputs?
 

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