Syllabus

FALL 2017

LECTURE	DATE	MATERIAL	PREPARATION	ASSIGNED	DUE
1	AUG 28	Course Introduction Number Systems Base Conversion Arithmetic Operations Codes	Course Introduction Chapter 1 The Reflected Binary (Gray) Code	Homework 1
2	AUG 30	Boolean Algebra DeMorgan's Theorem The Consensus Theorem Introduction to K-Maps	Chapter 2
3	SEPT 6	Standard Forms: POS Notation Two-Level Circuit Optimization Using K-Maps Proving Identities Using K-Maps The XOR Gate The Half Adder The Full Adder The Ripple-Carry Adder	Chapter 2 Chapter 3	Homework 2	Homework 1
4	SEPT 11	Essential Prime Implicants and Optimized Expressions Standard Forms: SOP Notation Five- and Six-Variable K-Maps Don’t cares Gate propagation delay The Mux The Decoder Implementing Circuits Using Muxes	Chapter 2 Chapter 3
5	SEPT 13	Standard Cell Implementation of Logic Circuits VHDL: VHSIC Hardware Description Language VHDL Constructs: IF, WHEN, SELECT Xilnix Vivado Tool Suite Boole's Expansion Theorem (First Pass)	Standard Cell Circuit VHDL Tutorial Vivado Simulation Tutorial 1 Full Vivado Tutorial Boole's Expansion Theorem	Homework 3	Homework 2
6	SEPT 18	Boole's Expansion Theorem (Second Pass) FPGAs USING LUTs to Implement Logic (LUT = Storage + MUX)	Chapter 5
7	SEPT 20	Digilent Development Board Concepts of VCCIO and Core Voltage Demo Board Schematic (LEDs, Switches)	Manual Schematics	Lab 1	Homework 3
8	SEPT 25	Implementing Functions with NAND and NOR Gates Implementing Functions with Decoders The Priority Encoder The 4-bit Adder as a 2-Level Circuit Addition and Subtraction of 2s Complement Numbers Incrementing (The Incrementer Circuit) Multiplication by Constants	Chapter 3
9	SEPT 27	Gate Delay Races and Hazards	Chapter 2		Lab 1
10	OCT 2	EXAM 1
11	OCT 4	Oscillators and Clock Distribution Flip-Flop as a Black Box First Counter Second Counter The Difference Engine VHDL for FFs, Registers, and The Difference Engine Setup Time Hold Time Clock-to-Output Time Introduction to Metastability	Oscillators and Clock Distribution Chapter 4 First Counter Second Counter Using Babbage's Difference Engine to Introduce Computer Architecture Anomalous Behavior of Synchronizer and Arbiter Circuits -----Measured Flip-Flop Responses to Marginal Triggering	Homework 4
12	OCT 9
13	OCT 11
	OCT 16	Fall Break
14	OCT 18
15	OCT 23
16	OCT 25
17	OCT 30
18	NOV 1
19	NOV 6	Exam 2