LBr
Veteran
Yes, I clickbaited the title, but there is one thing with Karnaukh notation that I just don’t understand why it exists, and I have a simpler alternative that might simplify this even more.
When I see u, d and u’ d’, I have to think for a second to see what it is, and it is quite annoying, so my idea is to combine these under one letter. I thought about the letter s (lowercase since it involves both layers), since it’s kind of like a shift in both layers. Whether it is s or s’ will depend on the direction of the U layer. I also think that an s2 and s2’ is a neat idea but that might disturb the general rule that it should go with a letter (like . I will still throw it here anyway.
if what I said doesn’t make sense I will notate each symbol to help a bit;
s - either 1,-2 or 2,-1 (depends on which layer is misaligned)
s’ - either -1,2 or -2,1
s2 - either 1,-2/-1,2 or 2,-1/-2,1
s2’ - either -2,1/2,-1 or -1,2/1,-2
I mean I’m not sure anyone will give a flying f*ck about this but I think it makes this easier for beginners to read as it merges u/u’ and d/d’ into s/s’ and can also merge w/w’ and b/b’ into s2/s2’.
When I see u, d and u’ d’, I have to think for a second to see what it is, and it is quite annoying, so my idea is to combine these under one letter. I thought about the letter s (lowercase since it involves both layers), since it’s kind of like a shift in both layers. Whether it is s or s’ will depend on the direction of the U layer. I also think that an s2 and s2’ is a neat idea but that might disturb the general rule that it should go with a letter (like . I will still throw it here anyway.
if what I said doesn’t make sense I will notate each symbol to help a bit;
s - either 1,-2 or 2,-1 (depends on which layer is misaligned)
s’ - either -1,2 or -2,1
s2 - either 1,-2/-1,2 or 2,-1/-2,1
s2’ - either -2,1/2,-1 or -1,2/1,-2
I mean I’m not sure anyone will give a flying f*ck about this but I think it makes this easier for beginners to read as it merges u/u’ and d/d’ into s/s’ and can also merge w/w’ and b/b’ into s2/s2’.
