Majority Vote
Description
The United States 2000 Presidential Election between George W. Bush (Republican) and Albert "Al" Gore (Democrat) will be best remembered for the controversy over who won Florida's 25 electoral votes, and ultimately, who won the presidency. At the heart of the controversy was the use of antiquated and unreliable paper ballots. The use of these paper ballots resulted in an unacceptable amount of over-votes and under-votes. An over-vote occurs when someone’s vote is counted more than once, and an under-vote occurs when someone’s vote is not counted at all. To ensure that this type of controversy does not occur at your company, the board of directors has asked you to design an electronic voting machine. The voting machine will allow the four board members to cast their ballots and will display the pass/fail status of each of their decisions. The board of directors has four members; a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer. Each member has a single yes/no vote. For a decision to pass, a majority of the board members must vote yes. In the event of a tie, the president’s vote is use to break the tie (i.e., if the president votes yes, the decision passes. If the president votes no, the decision fails.). In this project, you will use only AND, OR & Inverter logic gates, frequently referred to as AOI logic, to design, simulate, and build a Majority Vote voting machine that meets these design specifications.
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