• DocumentCode
    1253090
  • Title

    A simple digital circuit for the Towers of Hanoi problem

  • Author

    Blair, Gerard M

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Edinburgh Univ., UK
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    11/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    287
  • Lastpage
    288
  • Abstract
    A digital circuit is presented for the Towers of Hanoi problem based upon its iterative algorithm. This provides a case study to illustrate synchronous design principles and the correspondence between hardware and software functions
  • Keywords
    computer science education; digital circuits; electrical engineering education; iterative methods; network synthesis; Towers of Hanoi problem; digital circuit design; hardware functions; iterative algorithm; software functions; synchronous design principles; Algorithm design and analysis; Circuit synthesis; Counting circuits; Decoding; Digital circuits; Encoding; Hardware; Iterative algorithms; Poles and towers; Signal generators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Education, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9359
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/13.650843
  • Filename
    650843