[Course Description] [Prerequisites] [Required Texts] [Required Software]
[Score Calculation] [Grading Scale]

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Course Description:

Introduction to digital electronics. Number systems, truth tables, Boolean algebra, and Karnaugh maps.  Combinational logic circuits: SSI devices (AND, OR, NAND, etc.), and MSI devices (MUX, DX, ALU, etc.).  Sequential logic circuits: flip flops, counters, and shift registers.  State machine design and analysis.  Also covers basic construction skills such as soldering and wire-wrapping.   Students must design and build a hardware project involving sequential circuits and Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs). A student presentation is required.  Computers are used to simulate logic circuits, program PLDs, and write reports.  Laboratory exercises are included.

At the conclusion of this course students will be able design and analyze combinational logic circuits and sequential logic circuits (including simple state machines).

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Course Prerequisites:

High School Algebra

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Required Text:

Digital Systems: Principles & Applications 8th Edition by Tocci & Widmer
(ISBN 0-13-085634-7)

Recommended Texts:

TTL Data Books (Sheets) (FAST, CMOS, Low-Power Schottky, etc.)

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Required / Recommended Software: 

WinCUPL Software:   This "Starter Kit" is a compiler that produces JEDEC files for programming PALs and GALs.  It is a demo version of WinCUPL that is good for 30 compiles. Read CUPL Tutorial.  This is not a complete instructional manual as it only contains the items necessary to create most general types of programs.

Digital Works: Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software to design and simulate logic circuits (Freeware version).  Read a short tutorial called Getting Started with Digital Works.

CircuitMaker: This is similar to Digital Works (above), but also lets you work with analog circuits.  This program makes it easy to include schematic diagrams in your lab reports.

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Class Score Calculation:

Exams & Quizzes:    50%
Homework:             20%
Lab Experiments:     20%
Research Project:    10%
Total:                     100%

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Grading Scale:

90% - 100%  A
80% - 89%    B
70% - 79%    C
60% - 69%    D

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