EE 543 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL SYSTEMS
EE INSTRUCTORS zLECTURE:ANDREW KUN yOFFICE:K 248C yOFFICE HOURS:TBA
EE TAs zRECITATIONS zLABS zOFFICE HOURS - TBA
EE 543 zWEB SITE: zECE PROGRAMS ONLINE MATERIAL
WHAT WILL THIS COURSE COVER? zDIGITAL ELECTRONICS FUNDAMENTALS yANALYSIS yDESIGN
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? zDIGITAL IS EVERYWHERE zLIKELY WILL DESIGN zCERTAINLY WILL USE
HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO ABOUT ALL THIS? zNUMBER SYSTEMS, CODES, BOOLEAN ALGEBRA zCOMBINATIONAL CIRCUITS zSEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS
BOOK z“DIGITAL DESIGN,” 3 RD EDITION, BY JOHN F. WAKERLY yWEB SITE: yDURHAM BOOK EXCHANGE
GRADING zEXAM 115% zEXAM 215% zFINAL EXAM25% zLABS25% zHOMEWORK18% zJOURNALS2%
LABS zPLACE: K105 OR EE CLUSTER zPRELAB yPREREQUISITE FOR LAB yDUE AT POSTED TIME (SAME FOR ALL SECTIONS; LATE PENALTY) zLAB: yTIME POSTED FOR EACH SECTION yINDIVIDUAL STATIONS yREPORT AFTER LAB (EXCEPT FORMAL LAB)
RECITATION zPROBLEMS
HOMEWORK zLEAVE IN 543 BOX zDUE BEFORE CLASS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED zLATE PENALTY: 20%/DAY
JOURNAL zWHAT: TOPICS COVERED, PROBLEMS WITH, COMMENTS ON TOPICS, LABS, RECITATIONS, ASSIGNMENTS zWHY: HELPS YOU, HELPS ME zHOW: EVERY TUESDAY BY 1PM zLATE PENALTY: LATE JOURNALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
DIGITAL DESIGN zANALOG SIGNALS zDIGITAL SIGNALS zANALOG WORLD - “DIGITAL ABSTRACTION”
ANALOG? zANALOG adj. 1: OF, RELATING TO, OR BEING A MECHANISM IN WHICH DATA IS REPRESENTED BY CONTINUOUS VARIABLE PHYSICAL QUANTITIES
DIGITAL? zDIGITAL adj. 1: OF, RELATING TO, OR USING CALCULATION BY NUMERICAL METHODS OR BY DISCRETE UNITS
ABSTRACTION? zABSTRACT adj. 1: DISASSOCIATED FROM ANY SPECIFIC INSTANCE zABSTRACTION n. 1: AN ABSTRACT IDEA OR TERM
DIGITAL ABSTRACTION
WHY DIGITAL? zREPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS zEASE OF DESIGN zFLEXIBILITY/FUNCTIONALITY zPROGRAMMABILITY zSPEED zECONOMY zTECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
DIGITAL DEVICES zCOMBINATIONAL CIRCUITS: OUTPUT DEPENDS ON CURRENT INPUT zSEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS: OUTPUT DEPENDS ON CURRENT INPUT AND PAST SEQUENCE OF INPUTS
GATES
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
OTHER TECHNOLOGIES zPROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICES (PLD) zAPPLICATION-SPECIFIC IC (ASIC) zPRINTED-CIRCUIT BOARDS (PCB)
DIGITAL DESIGN LEVELS zSOME LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION: ySYSTEM LEVEL (HIGH) yIC LEVEL yGATE LEVEL yTRANSISTOR LEVEL yDEVICE PHYSICS LEVEL (LOWEST)
COST AND PROFIT zCOST: yHARDWARE yDEVELOPMENT (NRE) zPROFIT: yCOST (NRE, MANUFACTURING) yTIME TO MARKET