Prof. Dr. Thorsten Jungmann (last updated 2026-10-04)
Overview of this lesson
What is this lesson about? – The guiding questions:
- What do a washing machine, a set of traffic lights and a heat pump have in common?
- How do you find out what an unknown circuit with flip-flops does?
- Heating, hot water, defrosting: how does a heat pump know what to do next?
What will you be able to do at the end of this lesson? – The intended learning outcomes:
- You explain what a finite state machine is, what characterizes it and where it is used.
- You read the common forms of representation of a finite state machine.
- You analyse given sequential circuits.
What will you know at the end of this lesson? – The building blocks of knowledge:
- Finite state machines and their forms of representation
- Analysis of sequential circuits
- Reset
How is the content organized? – The structure:
- …