Lost in Building the Gates

Posted by amoxide on Oct 01, 2020; 11:15am
URL: http://nand2tetris-questions-and-answers-forum.52.s1.nabble.com/Lost-in-Building-the-Gates-tp4035118.html

Hi everyone,

I'm currently working through the first project and have so far constructed the Not, And, Or, and Xor gates.
I spent a good 6 hours to get to this point and quite frankly, I'm still baffled about how to actually design the gates.

I understand what each gate does and also understand how the gates function once I see the solution, but my brain cannot comprehend on how to get to the answers in the first place.

For example, I could not figure out how to design the Xor gate without help. Now that I'm working on the Mux gate, I'm even more confused. Is there something I'm missing here?

I appreciate any advice and help.

Thanks!