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This page was last updated:              4/29/2008

 

Date

Week

Lecture Topics

Reading

(before class)

Lecture Notes and downloads

Homework

Problems

Date HW is Due

W 1/16

1

Introduction, expectations,

resources, protocol

Preface, Ch 1

 

 

1.5, 1.6

F 1/18

F 1/18

1

Positional number systems,

binary point, octal, hexadecimal, converting between number systems

2.1-2.3

 

2.2(e), 2.3(e), 2.5(a, d, f)

W 1/23

M 1/21

2

Martin Luther King  Holiday – No classes

 

 

 

 

W 1/23

2

Converting between number systems, adding and subtracting positive numbers

2.4-2.5

 

2.6(a, d, f), 2.7(c), 2.8(a), 2.9(b), 2.10(a)

F 1/25

F 1/25

2

Signed magnitude, two’s complement adding and subtracting, overflow,

Binary codes

2.6, 2.10-11, 2.16

 

2.11(signed-magnitude & two’s-complement),

 2.12(a, d)

M 1/28

M 1/28

3

Gray and other codes. Logic signals, Logic gates

3.1 – 3.3

 

2.18(d), 3.1, 3.4

W 1/30

W 1/30

3

Families, MOSFET, CMOS gates

3.3 – 3.4

 

3.5, 3.7

F 2/1

F 2/1

3

Gate Transistors, Static Behavior, Datasheet Specs

3.4

74HC00 datasheet

3.11, 3.15, 3.19

M 2/4

M 2/4

4

Static Behavior , Dynamic Behavior

3.5

 

3.21, 3.23, 3.27(c, e)

W 2/6

W 2/6

4

Dynamic Behavior

3.6

 

3.29, 3.32, 3.34

F 2/8

F 2/8

4

Review for Exam

 

 

Study for Exam

 

M 2/11

5

Exam 1

Ch 1-3

 

 

 

W 2/13

5

Exam Solutions, Axioms and theorems of Boolean algebra

4.1

 

No homework

F 2/15

F 2/15

5

Theorem proofs

 

 

4.1, 4.2, 4.6(a),

W 2/20

M 2/18

6

PRESIDENT’S DAY

- NO CLASSES

 

 

 

 

W 2/20

6

Using Theorems to reduce logic expressions

4.2

 

4.7(a), 4.8(c),

F 2/22

F 2/22

6

DeMorgan’s Theorem, Duality

 

 

4.21, 4.23

M 2/25

M 2/25

7

Sum-of-products, Product-of-sums

4.2

 

4.9(c, d), 4.10(b, d, f)

W 2/27

W 2/27

7

Karnaugh maps

4.3

 

4.11, 4.13

F 2/29

F 2/29

7

Karnaugh maps

4.3

 

 

M 3/3

M 3/3

8

Minimization methods continued , Review for exam

 

 

Study for Exam

 

W 3/5

8

Exam 2

Ch 1-4.3

 

 

 

F 3/7

8

Exam Solutions

 

 

No Homework

M 3/17

M 3/10

9

SPRING BREAK

– No Classes

 

 

 

 

W 3/12

9

SPRING BREAK

– No Classes

 

 

 

 

F 3/14

9

SPRING BREAK

– No Classes

 

 

 

 

M 3/17

10

Circuit synthesis, Timing Hazards

4.4

 

4.14 (all)

W 3/19

W 3/19

10

Documentation standards, active levels, bubble-to-bubble logic, active levels

6.1

 

4.19 (a, c, e, g)

M 3/24

F 3/21

10

University Day

-No classes

 

 

 

 

M 3/24

11

PLD’s, 3-states, Decoders, Encoders

6.2-8

 

6.9, 6.10, 6.20 (a, f)

W 3/26

W 3/26

11

MUX, parity, comparators, ALU’s

6.9 – 6.11

 

6.24, 6.31

F 3/28

F 3/28

11

Bistable and metastable behavior

7.1

 

6.43 (design one circuit with four outputs), 6.68

M 3/31

M 3/31

12

Review for exam

 

 

Study for Exam

 

W 4/2

12

Exam 3

Ch 1-4, 6

 

 

 

F 4/4

12

Exam Solutions, Latches

7.1 – 7.2

 

7.1, 7.4, 7.5

M 4/7

M 4/7

13

Flip-flops

7.2

 

7.6, 7.7