Finite State Machines explained

An explanation of what is a finite state machine with two examples and the difference between Moore and Mealy machines.

[@sunilshinde383]

14 years back I was in college and couldn't understand this at all. but finally I understood this today. Thank you so much for simplifying.

[@siddarthkudligi4639]

My prof took 4 hours of my time to make me more confused. You sir, are a godsend! Please keep up the great work!

[@kai12490]

Dude you are freaking amazing. My professor could not explain this to me.

[@youngk9026]

probably beçause ur prof landed some basics that u could understand this tutoriaal

[@cjlooklin1914]

@@youngk9026 Maynbe, but I'm off the opinion most professors suck at teaching, and don't care to improve. At least that describes most of the professors I had in undergrad and graduate school.

[@siddharthmishra1061]

@@cjlooklin1914 i agree

[@aditopguy9785]

@@cjlooklin1914my teachers are terrible!

[@aleksandroxheka4668]

+1

[@occamraiser]

I was shown this concept when I was a neophyte software engineer writing real time control software for telecoms systems in the 1980s (OMG a lifetime ago). I made a point of explaining this concept to every software engineer who ever worked for me in the next 40 years because it is such a simple, powerful and MOST IMPORTANTLY for process control - completely bulletproof. If Every state deals with every event (including those it should never see) you cannot break these systems. I wince at the lack of detailed understanding low level computer concepts in the 'Object oriented or nothing' - 'pythonesque' sofware developers I meet now. My degree is in Computer Science not Software engineering, and all we seem to train these days are 'coders' who barely warrant the title Software Engineer, as they understand few of the basic concept they're writing software on top of. I wonder how many of them could write Assembler, or optimise some P-code. Not necessary, but a skill that gives an important insight into what the machine is doing when it runs lazily written bloatware. Rant over :)

[@TheeAmbadassador]

Clear cut! Amazing stuff and definitely one of the best explanation I have ever seen.

[@sushantpaudel481]

Wow, I came here in an attempt to understand FSM. I liked the video. Then I look at the comments, and WHOA! Everyone down here is so satisfied with how you put up the explanation. I couldn't agree less. Thank you very much sir!

[@havinhphu9331]

You are the real MVP, sir. keep doing thing like this

[@vrakitine]

When I was earning my master's degree, I heard a lot about finite state machines (FSMs), but it was all theory - like clouds in the sky: there's a lot of water, but you can't drink it. I toiled for three months after graduating until I implemented my first FSM in code in 1981. Now, there is a programming methodology based on this concept - v-agent oriented programming (VAOP) - with many examples of its implementation. It's best to start learning about VAOP with this article on Medium: "Bagels and Muffins of Programming or How Easy It Is to Convert a Bagel into a Black Hole".

[@teenthathacx1736]

Dude thank you! I was told I should learn what a FSM is so I understood what the basics of it was in the wiki page but I decided to watch a video and you explained it way more in-depth. Thank you :) you earned a subscriber :D

[@marklee1194]

I wish every professor was this good as teaching as you. Thanks.

[@alexandercrescent7320]

Thanks to you, now I understand how finite state machine works.

[@farris8503]

Thank you so much! Excellent and intuitive explanation, best I've ever come across actually.

[@user-kp7sw1nf6g]

I just was sure I will not understand it forever, until I watched ur video! thank u it's very clear and simple

[@raymondschenk7762]

This is an outstanding brief. VERY WELL DONE. Clear, superb examples.

[@royceaquino]

A very clear and straight to the point video, thanks!

[@mrtoast244]

Our professor move's through slides so quickly, you saved my lab report lol

[@raphaelsaragena5202]

Thank you, this video of yours is very helpful but I had a difficulty understanding the Mealy machine...

[@shyamkumarEE]

Best explanation I ever heard for this topic

[@iandalrymple7255]

Thank you sir for taking the time to put this up. Very well done.

[@vamsidharalluri7966]

Awesome . after seeing this video now i understood what is an fsm

[@katarzynakaczmarczyk4406]

Thanks for this video! Amazing explanation of FSM in just 14 minutes!

[@vanellopewang9546]

Great explanation ! I can't figure it out when my teacher just told me to learn all by myself using those disgusting PDF

[@akshaydalal769]

Simply awesome with realistic examples. Sum up with the title of FSM was fascinating...

[@wingedvictory8694]

transmitting explanations from the moon hahah, thank you so much saved me so much headache

[@mohshafi3032]

Thank you Abelardo Pardo for your effort. I have understood better from your explanation, than learning from Zyante Zybook, a College assigned material.

[@jsuswaram]

Brilliant! I got here after having a nightmare of a dream where I was presented a state machine in my Computer Engineering class and could not figure out what it was and my classmates understood it finished way ahead of me and me being the last one the professor yelling at me"what's taking so long dumba$$?" Now I am confident in can handle this in my dreams👍🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾

[@electric_sand]

😂😂

[@subhashreddysangam]

Would it be possible for you to post another video about when we need Mealy and when we need Moore? Also the differences. Thanks ton anyways.

[@TheOneGuru1]

Finally a good explanation, thanks!

[@eihab]

Crystal clear explanation, thank you very much!

[@ben-mx3cs]

Wonderfully simple, yet complete lesson.

[@KennethRinderhagen]

Thank You Professor Abelardo Pardo that is a great explanation it appears to me that there is 0 for open or null and a 1 for closed and positive while some are assigned not previously determined

[@NoamElfanbaum]

Great video !! Very simple and clean. Thanks!

[@yashsakaria9350]

Basic, Precise and straight forward.

[@leeowwh]

Thank you for such a great explanation...

[@baconsledge]

best explanation yet. Thank you!

[@fahtenfuhten]

I don't understand, if the 1st Machine that you drew needed both the time input to be 1 AND the state to be xx, in order to change state, doesn't that mean that the output doesn't depend on the state rather than solely on input t? Am I missing something? Please correct me. Thank you.

[@DimensionalIce]

+Mark Infinite Still looks like the output will regard both. The current state will not shift from green to red instantly nor will red switch to yellow regardless of the time input. Otherwise there would be no way to define the current state logically in the process in order for the timer to change it.

[@benmurray8921]

perhaps we don't consider time to be an input as such?

[@efan1980]

Very well done presentation. Right to the point

[@logic0000]

Very clear explanation, much better than my prof. Thanks :)

[@masallahozen]

Thnx for detailed explanation, this is amazing.

[@themilkiestmanalive2531]

Abelardo you are a Legend

[@techmaster90]

That voice! It should be famous!

[@amandashook7548]

This video is very informative and concise!

[@ravirajthorbole1153]

my all concept are clear about FSM, thanks sir

[@smoke12316]

at 4:16 , how do you know which light get what input, why shouldn't you just put red as 10 or 01 instead of 00?

[@joseo5029]

Holy sh!t this is amazing... keep the good work, post more tutorials please :)

[@gauravbadre329]

Woah!!! This video really explained it very well! Amazing!!

[@cajal6]

Really clear and very helpful overview.

[@MichaelMichuki]

Very nice explanation thankyou :)

[@shaymaaazzam4025]

Thank you so much, your explaining is very good, really thank you.

[@PeriMathSolutions]

Woow, great job. Making whole lotta sense now

[@janiicss]

Well explained sir. Thank you!

[@dungKHTNcs]

The only minus point for this video is about the quality of sound! :(

[@manufanzonevn]

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[@dungKHTNcs]

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[@manufanzonevn]

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[@dungKHTNcs]

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[@manufanzonevn]

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[@shirleyachara3809]

Thank you!

[@joeswansen5721]

Very clear and helpful. Thank you!

[@hillarytchakountetchakount1516]

great explanation

[@Annin_Mochineko]

When you fucked up in your computing class and this comes in to save you

[@omarhadid8623]

thank you for your clear explanations

[@dineshbasnet5412]

Very well explained. Thanks!

[@mizouman]

good explnation, thank you Abelardo

[@pavel3596]

Great! Thank you.

[@zedlepplin9450]

Great explanation! Thank you sir!

[@DustXavier]

Thank you so much! Respect!

[@johnx140]

Thank you bro, this is amazing! Had to see it twice to get the pollution part tho lol

[@user-uy4oj5ed1j]

Thanks for the video. Is this a moore or a mealy machine?

[@ashishkushwaha5770]

clean and clear at all...thanks

[@forresta65]

Yes, that is a great explanation.

[@bobstevenson9015]

Thank you a lot! Very good explanation :)

[@behailut9933]

I wish u would be my professor. Thank You very much!!!

[@coin5207]

Nice, very helpful

[@neuromancer9033]

Brilliant - well explained!

[@athulyamohan7250]

Thankyu so much professor. very well explained

[@kurchak]

That was excellent, thank you!

[@nathanielnyama2069]

Hello sir, greetings. Please sir can you upload another video showing how it's being done using flip flops?

[@coolvids03]

nice video, thanks

[@dhawalkamble3567]

thnx man!! Really helpful......

[@loganlehmann6418]

Gus Fring explains Finite State Machines

[@awaismunir6340]

How truck waiting signal is one when traffic is moving and trucks are going by? 6:53

[@mbsoysal87]

Thanks for the nice explanation

[@nikhilnavare]

Fantastic explanation

[@Jaliyagodage]

Thanks for your effort.

[@Doomwyte]

Can you be my professor too LOL. This was so helpful, thank you!

[@BiranchiNarayanNayak]

Excellent tutorial...

[@NK-hs7io]

Thank you so much!

[@wickedjesture]

Great job! Thank you

[@pargyropoulos]

Very nice!

[@subhashreddysangam]

Thanks a lot professor.

[@richardwang3438]

the first example is great, but I get lost in the distracting traffic/pollution ....

[@moonman239]

So, a finite state machine an be defined in terms of a binary truth table? That reminds me of all the work I did in my Designing DIgital Systems class, although we didn't go over finite state machines.

[@fetlabeta]

thank you sir! Was stuck in computing class

[@angelailieva9711]

GOOD JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gachle]

This is gold

[@anotherdave5107]

Dinosaur? I love FOCAL. If it did arrays and longer variable labels the world would run on FOCAL and IBM would be a shoe shine stand in Maynard MA.

[@lhcunha1]

nice explanation!

[@ernishavermagmail]

if states are -x1, +x4, +x3 . what is the meaning of +ve -ve states in finite automata?

[@carlosazevedo7748]

What have you based on to say to get a red light we have 00? Best regards.

[@Otomega1]

I don't understand the goal of a finite state machine, what about code implementation? A State machine use direct memory access or binary operations to evaluate it's next state, so how do you obtain that in your example?

[@KonstantineMuradov]

Great explanation sir. (y)

[@danielcordeiro5821]

At last I get it! Thanks!

[@fadyserhan9537]

but why the upper diagram is Moore? the output is influenced by the input t

[@alehunter15]

great vid mate