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Circuit Design
... DLSim 3 Components

A circuit consists of set of interconnected components. DLSim 3's component types are described below

Component Actions

Every DLSim 3 component has an associated set of actions that affect the component's mode of operation. Right-clicking a component produces an Action Menu for that component, from which an action may be selected. All components support a "copy" action. Actions pertaining to specific component types are described below.

Multiplicity

Multiplicity refers to creating n parallel copies of a given gate, to be connected to other components using bus connections (See Bus Connections). For example, setting the multiplicity of an Or-gate to 3 creates 3 parallel Or-gates. Each pin of an Or-gate with multiplicity 3 is a 3-wide bus with corresponding bus connections connecting to one of the three simple Or-gates. A gate with multiplicity greater than 1 will appear slightly larger and display its multiplicity value. Example:

Endpoints

Initial and terminal components are called switches and bulbs respectively.

Switches and bulbs come in two types: Simple switches (TB ) and bulbs (TB ); and switchbanks ( ) and bulbbanks ( ). The latter two model multiple inputs and outputs. To see how switchbanks and bulbbanks are used to simplify circuit design see Tutorial 2.

To toggle a switch on and off: Click the center of the blue oval.

Actions

Add/Delete Label
Labels the endpoint. Switch and bulb banks may use multiple labels.
Use "Bank" Pin (switch and bulb banks only)
Creates a bus pin when current circuit is used as a subcircuit; see Subcircuits.

Simple Gates

DLSim 3 implements 8 basic gate types: And, And-3 (