This is an assignment for my Uni. I have to implement a synchronous counter using D Flip Flops. It should look something like this. http://babbage.cs.qc.edu/courses/cs343/200...signment_02.php

I have on paper done all the combination logic and determened the inputs for all the flip flops.
A0 = ~A0
A1 = (~A1 A0) + (A1 ~A0)
A2 = (~A1 A2) + (A2 A1 ~A0) + (~S2 S1 S0)
A3 = (A2 A3) + (A3 ~A1) + (A3 ~A0) + (~A3 A2 A1 A0)

The inputs to A0 and A1 were given but I dont understand the logic behind the inputs to the "AND" and "OR" gates. How to know which wire to assign as their inputs.For example, the ~Q output of A1 goes into an "AND" gate which leads back to the input of A1, why? Thanks in advance for any help.

 

One constructs a table with inputs parameters Q0, Q1, Q2, Q3 and outputs parameters D0, D1, D2, D3. Then with minimization of this table with, carnaugh map, one gives:

D0=Q0'
D1=(Q0Q1')+(Q0'Q1)
D2=(Q1'Q2)+(Q1Q2QO')+(Q0Q1Q2')
D3=(Q2'Q3)+(Q3Q1')+(Q3Q0')+(Q0Q1Q2Q3')

Then you have a mistake, at the first term of D3. You wrote Q2Q3. It needs to be: Q2'Q3