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Project Summary:

You need to design a logic circuit to control a motorized vehicle that moves by the signal from photocell sensors. This circuit will transmits signals between photocell sensors and two motors. Photocell sensors convert light energy to the electric energy. The LED strip lights will represent the road track similar to a highway lane. The photocell sensors connected in the designed circuit of the vehicle will sense the light, send the signals to the circuit, and trigger the motors to spin by following the logics. The desgin logic circuit makes the decision which path the vehicle should take. It will self-correct the direction by spinning left motor only, right motor only or both motors.

Initial Specifications:
The digital circuit system of the vehicle has two photocell sensors as inputs. Each side (right or left) of that sensor circuit will communicate with each motor to output the signals so the vehocle can correct the direction along the track and drive. The track is outlined by two LED strip lights, as an input source. When the vehicle is close to the LED strip lights on the right-side track, the right side of the photocell sensors detects the bright lights. The right photocell logic is 1 (on). The output of the right motors is logic 1, which makes the right motor spins to steer to the right side moving away from the left side of LED strip. In the case of the left side, the opposite would happen. The left sensors detects the LED strip light on the left sidetrack. Thus, only the left motor will run to make the vehicle to steer to the left side. Once the vehicle moves off the loght, the both sides of motor will stop and the vehicle will stop moving. LED strips are not far apart, bot the left and right photocell will detect the light at the same time and the vehicle will move forward.

Your job is to create a working prototype.

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Final answer:

To design a logic circuit for a motorized vehicle controlled by photocell sensors, use an AND gate for each sensor and connect the outputs to the motors. When a sensor detects an LED strip light, the corresponding motor will be activated to steer the vehicle in the desired direction. Proper wiring and logic gate configuration are important.

Step-by-step explanation:

To design a logic circuit to control a motorized vehicle that moves based on signals from photocell sensors, you will need to use the outputs from the sensors to trigger the motors in the desired direction. The circuit should have two photocell sensors as inputs, with each side of the sensor circuit connected to a motor. When one side of the sensor detects the LED strip light on the corresponding side track, the motor connected to that side should be activated to steer the vehicle in the correct direction. If both sides detect the light at the same time, both motors should stop and the vehicle will stop moving.

One possible configuration for the circuit is to use an AND gate for each photocell sensor. The output of the AND gate can then be connected to either a left or right motor, depending on the sensor's position. When the sensor detects the LED strip light, the output of the AND gate will be high, activating the corresponding motor and steering the vehicle in the desired direction.

It's important to ensure that the circuit is properly wired and connected, and that the logic gates are configured correctly to produce the desired output based on the inputs from the photocell sensors.

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