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EE201: Digital Circuits and Systems

Sen Marlow

Room: S337 Phone: (01-700) 5120

E-mail: marlows@eeng.dcu.ie

Module co-ordinator: Dr. Sen Marlow

Web page: http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~ee201


Objective of the course:

Enable successful students to:

Analyse and understand combinational and
sequential logic circuitry
Design combinational and sequential logic
circuitry
Design digital systems
Design interfaces to digital computer systems
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Computer Architecture:

CPU
Regi sters
Arithmetic
Logi c Unit
Control
Unit
Memory Uni t
(RAM, ROM, HDD)
I/O Uni ts
(Mouse, Keyboard,
Monitor, Printer, etc.)


Course Content:

Combinational Logic:

o Encoders/Decoders
o Multiplexers/Demultiplexers

Computer Codes:

o BCD and ASCII
o Gray Codes
o Parity and Hamming codes
o Error detection and correction

Binary Arithmetic:

o Addition
Ripple-carry adder
Carry look-ahead adder
o Multiplication
o Division
o Floating point arithmetic
o Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
o Accumulator

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Sequential Logic:

o Analysis and design using state diagram and
state table;
o State assignment and reduction.
o Implementation using gates

Digital Circuitry:

o TTL, ECL, IIL and MOS technologies
o Comparison of technologies in terms of:
Speed
Power consumption
Noise margin
Loading
Cost
o Methods of data bussing

Digital Storage:

o Bi-stable latch
o Single word memory
o Organisation of memory systems
o Static and dynamic RAM
o ROM

Programmable Logic Devices:

o ROM
o PLA
o PAL
o GAL

Microprocessor Interfacing

o Parallel I/O
o Serial I/O
o Video controllers
o Timers

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EE201 consists of:
Lectures (2 hours/week)
Tutorials (1 hour/week)
Practicals (3 hours every 2 weeks)
Web site (anytime)
Private study (minimum 2 hours/week)

Duration:
12 weeks

Assessment:
Laboratory Reports (25%)
Exam (75%)

Pass:
Final grade at least 40%

Recommended Resources:
Web site: http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~ee201
Libraries (e.g. http://library.dcu.ie/)
Bookshops
Search engines (e.g. http://www.google.com)


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Recommended Textbooks:

Tocci, R. J., "Digital Systems", Prentice Hall, 1995
Floyd, T. L., "Digital Fundamentals", Merrill, 1994
Katz, R. H., "Contemporary Logic Design", Benjamin,
1994
Cahill, S. J., "Digital and Microprocessor Engineering",
Ellis-Horwood, 1993
Peatman, J. B., Design of Digital Systems
Pappas, N. L., Digital Design
Quinn, J., 6800 Microprocessor
Tinder, R. F., Digital Engineering Design
Mano, M. M., Digital Design
Mano, M. M., Logic and Computer Design
Mano, M. M., Digital Logic and Computer Design
Brey, B. B., Microprocessors and Peripherals
Olesky, J. E., Microprocessors and Digital Computer
Technology
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Advice:

Attend lectures

o The lecturer presents the most important material
o Your presence is strongly recommended
o Take notes and read them at home
o Keep them and review them later on

Attend tutorials

o Read lecture notes and textbooks before tutorials
o Prepare questions and ask them
o Your presence is strongly recommended as you can
clarify some aspects not fully understood

Do not miss any practical

o Practicals are compulsory
o You have an opportunity to exercise theoretical knowledge

Buy the laboratory manual

o You need it during the lab sessions
o You can get it from Hodges & Figgis bookshop (campus)
o You also need a lab notebook

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Borrow books from the library

o Read them!
o Take notes
o Exercise

Ask questions

o Lecturer after the lectures
o Tutor during the tutorial
o Demonstrators during lab sessions

Work on your own

o Solve problems
o Save solutions
o Devise your own problems
o Try to solve them
o Practice as much as you can

Prior knowledge

o Binary Arithmetic: 2s comp Add/Sub
o Combinational Logic: logic gates, KM
o Sequential Logic: flip-flops, shift registers, counters