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EET 224: Digital Computer Fundamentals

Credits and Contact Hrs. (Lecture/Laboratory): 3 credits, 150 contact minutes per week.  

Course Description: Fundamental theory and techniques of electronic data processing to include binary arithmetic, switching theory (Boolean algebra), and applications of digital circuits. 

Prerequisites: Permission of Advisor. 

Co-Requisites: None. 

Textbook(s): Ismail, Amin R.; Rooney, Victor M. Digital Concepts and Applications, Saunders College Publishing. 1990. 

Reference(s):

  • TTL Data Manual. Signetics Logic Products, 1987.
  • PAL Device Data Book. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), 1992.
  • PALASM 4 Reference Guide. Advanced Micro Device (AMD), 1992. 
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    Course Coordinator: Amin R. Ismail, Associate Professor. 

    Goals/Objectives: To develop an understanding of the basic circuits and components that make-up a digital computer. To apply the various techniques of Switching Theory and Boolean Algebra in the design of combinational and sequential logic circuits. 

    Course topics and lecture hours devoted to each topic:  

  • Numbering system concepts (2 hrs.)
  • The Binary numbering system (2 hrs.)
  • Basic logic concepts and gates (1 hrs.)
  • Simple logic circuits (2 hrs.)
  • Boolean Algebra in simplification (4 hrs.)
  • Karnaugh maps (2 hrs.)
  • Analysis and synthesis of combinational logic circuits (3 hrs.)
  • Applications of combinational logic (4 hrs.)
  • Sequential logic circuits (3 hrs.)
  • Design and Analysis of counters (3 hrs.)
  • Study of registers and their applications (4 hrs.)
  • Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) (2 hrs.)
  • Tests (3 hrs.) 
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    Computer usage: Students use the PALASM4 Programmable Logic Device (PLD) Software to design combinational and sequential logic circuits that are implemented in PLDs. PALASM4 is used to compile and simulate their designs on a PC. The PALASM4 generated fuse maps are then downloaded to a PAL programmer for programming the PLD.  

    Laboratory projects: See EET 224L: Digital Computer Fundamentals Laboratory.

    Oral and written communication requirements: None 

    Calculus usage: None 

    Library usage: None