Confused With Circuit State Diagram and PS/NS Table

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Mr_K

Joined Mar 9, 2007
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Hello, I'm doing some studying for my digital circuits class by looking at previous tests, and I've come across a problem that I cant make sense of.

The problem is such:



Theres a few things I dont understand about this.

The first thing is is the PS/NS table. I understand how the y1+ and y2+ outputs were derived from the D Flip Flops, however, the Z output is described as a function of the inputs (Y1 or NOT Y2) which doesnt make sense to me since the inputs get thrown into the Flip-Flops. Shouldnt Z be a function of Y1+ and Y2+?

Secondly in the state diagram, the only variables that seem to be accounted for are Z and X. I don't understand why the inputs Y1 and Y2 are not represented in the diagram and I can't make sense of it.

I would really appreciate some help on this, as I've had no luck so far figuring it out myself. :(
 

n9352527

Joined Oct 14, 2005
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The real input to the state machine is X only. Y1 and Y2 are the feedback input and are not supplied from outside. This is why only X and Z are accounted for.

You have to appreciate that at any moment in time, there is respectively only one value for Y1 or Y2. The notations Y1+ or Y2+ are there only to show that those will be the next values of Y1 and Y2 after clocking. Thus changing the state of the machine.
 

ne0codex

Joined Feb 10, 2010
1
The state table uses a notation that's different from what my professors have been using, we're instructed to put x=0 and x=1 under the NS, thus creating two columns in the NS and PS.
I have a question about the state graph though, I see that it is supposed to be State/Z-output, but if that's the case, why isn't there a logic 1 underneath state 11 and 10 since both have output-Z of 1?
 
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