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Binary Counting

Mathematics

★Exhibit Content: Binary ★Interaction: Electromechanical Interaction ★Operation: Place the ball along the track into the ball inlet and observe the correlation between the ball's movement and the changes on the digital display. ★Exhibit Description: The exhibit mainly consists of a sheet metal frame, see-saw doors, stainless steel track, balls, digital displays, backboard, etc. The mechanical counter in the device is divided into decimal and binary counting parts. After the ball is released, it passes through the counting part, causing both the decimal and binary readings to change. In the initial state, the decimal digital display shows 00, and all binary digital displays show 0. When visitors participate, they push the ball from the bottom to the input port. The ball falls, and since each vertical slot entrance has a see-saw door that can flip to both sides, each time a ball passes, the state flips once, and the numbers on the digital displays change accordingly. The digital displays show the number of balls passed in binary and decimal respectively. For example, if one ball passes, the decimal digital display shows 01, and the corresponding binary digital display shows 00001. At the bottom of the exhibit, the conversion formula between binary and decimal is presented, where the binary counting digital displays correspond one-to-one with the digits in the calculation formula. Send the ball from the side track to the top and release it, then observe the changes in the numbers on the digital displays as the ball falls. Computers use the binary counting method, which means carrying over when reaching two. Binary counting uses only two symbols: '0' and '1'. The decimal numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are represented in binary as 1, 10, 11, 100, 101. For computers, binary has obvious advantages. Because binary numbers contain only two characters, 0 and 1, they can be represented by two different states of components. For example, light on and off, current present or absent, voltage high or low, transistor conducting or cut off, etc.

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