Basic Gate Operations
Learn the programmatic differences of how logic gates evaluate inputs and handle active states.
Event-Driven Updates
Unlike static circuit diagrams, Gately simulates exactly like physical hardware. When you modify an input node, the signal propagates instantaneously through the wires.
Basic gate operations rely on a Boolean framework:
- A signal is either
High(represented as 1 or brightly lit green). - A signal is either
Low(represented as 0 or dark gray).
Propagation Delay
In the real world, electricity takes microscopic amounts of time to travel through logic gates. Gately accurately simulates this propagation delay.
If you run incredibly complex logic chains or create feedback loops (where the output of a gate wires back into its own input), you might observe the signals visibly “racing” across the wires. This makes debugging oscillating circuits highly intuitive.
Visual Feedback
You can always tell what a gate is actively operating on via its pin colors.
- A glowing green input pin means that specific entry point is receiving a High signal.
- The body of the logic gate pulses when it evaluates an output state change.
- Wires animate signal flow directionally from left to right.