Digital Electronics

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Electronics Department:
Digital Electronics

605-130 4 credits approximately 5 hours of classroom time per week

Analysis of digital electronic circuits. Realization of logic gates using TTL and CMOS devices, Verification of theory is accomplished through laboratory experiments with small and medium scale integrated circuits.

Upon completion of this course, the student will meet the following competencies:

Identify basic logical units common to digital describe logic flow between units.
Adapt the relationship between decimal and commonly used number systems in electronic digital circuits.
Perform digital arithmetic with commonly used numbering systems used with digital electronics.
Use Boolean arithmetic and other simplification techniques to reduce a logic expression. Then verify the equivalent by constructing a logic circuit.
Use test equipment to verify and troubleshoot a basic logic circuit.
Identify the various logic families. Study their fan in and fan outs and be able to interface between one family and another.
Experiment with and analyze various complex logic integrated circuits such as adders, counters, registers, decoders, drivers and multiplexers.
Experiment with multi vibrator circuits.

The hybrid self-paced course consists of four separate but connected activities:

The student attends the lecture of their choice. The lectures typical last from 60 to 90 minutes. If a student misses a lecture or would like a different perspective, they may visit the other session's lecture(s). The lecture schedule is selected by the students on the first day of class and then posted in the classroom at all times. There is also an extensive video library that the students can view, in our Open-Entry, Self-Paced Resource Center (T-403).

The semester plan is laid out in "units". Each unit is approximately equal to one week. The student must complete all items in each row before moving on to the next row.

Learning Objects are included in the semester plan. It is the student's responsibility to complete them. They are not graded, nor does the instructor know if they were viewed. However, successful completion of the Learning Objects will most certainly improve exam scores and more importantly, overall understanding of the material. The Learning Objects were developed solely to aid the student in their understanding of the material.

To access a Learning Object, simply click on the title. Your computer will require "Flash" multimedia player to view the Learning Object. If you don't have "Flash", you may down load it now.

Semester Plan
Unit	Lecture Topic	LabVolt	Learning Objects	Lab Packet
1	Basic Concepts	Safety	An Introduction to the Solderless Breadboard Electronic WorkBench Basics, Opening a file for simulation The Digital Logic Probe	Unit 1
2	Number Systems, Codes, and Logic Gates	Fundamental Logic Gates	The 4 Input Truth Table Binary to Decimal Number Conversion Hexidecimal Numbering System Hexadecimal Number Conversion Practice Problems	Unit 2
3	Logic Gates & Boolean Algebra	none	The Logic Gates Boolean Theorems; Single Variable	Unit 3
4	Combinational Circuits	Ex-Or and Ex-Nor	Boolean Theorems; Multi-variable	Unit 4
5	Combinational Circuits with the "Not" Gate	none	The Universal NAND Gate	Unit 5
6	Combinational Circuits with Demorgans' Theorem	Tri-State Output	The Universal NOR Gate	Unit 6
7	Flip-Flops Schmitt Trigger	Flip-Flops	none	Unit 7
8	Digital Arithmetic Binary Adders	JK Flip-Flops	none	Unit 8
9	Counters & Registers	none	none	Unit 9
10	TTL & CMOS Families	TTL-CMOS	none	none
11	MSI Logic Circuits	Open Collector	none	Unit 10
12	Memory Devices	Data Bus Control	none	none

Last Revised: 08/15/2008
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