ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Excitation table

An excitation table is like a special chart that helps us figure out what kind of input (the On and Off switches) we need to give a particular circuit so that it will do what we want it to do. Imagine a really cool toy car that you want to make go forward, turn left, or turn right. This car has some switches that you can turn On or Off to make it do these things. The excitation table is like a cheat sheet that tells you which switches to turn On or Off to make the car do what you want it to do. It's kind of like a recipe for the toy car, and you have to follow the recipe very carefully to make sure you don't mess things up. So, an excitation table helps us to understand how to control a particular kind of electrical circuit or device, like a toy car or a computer chip.