ECE 274A
Digital Logic
Required course: Yes
Course Level
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Instructor(s)
Prerequisite(s)
Course Texts
zyBooks Digital Logic Design interactive textbook (zybooks.com)
Schedule
Course Description
Specific Course Information:
2021-2022 Catalog Data: Number systems and coding, logic design, sequential systems, register transfer language.
Learning Outcomes
Specific Goals for the Course:
Outcomes of Instruction: By the end of this course the student will be able to:
- Represent any given integer number in different bases (such as base 2, 8, 10, and 16).
- Explain the different binary representations of signed integers (sign magnitude, 1’s complement, 2’s complement) and use the 2’s complement format to represent any given integer numbers.
- Analyze combinational logic circuits using appropriate tools such as Boolean Algebra properties, Karnaugh map.
- Design combinational logic circuits using combination logic design process.
- Analyze sequential logic circuits using appropriate tools.
- Design sequential logic circuits using sequential logic design process.
- Describe the structure and operation of Datapath components such as adder, comparator, ALU, multi-function register.
- Use the principles of register-transfer level (RTL) design and high-level state machines to analyze and design digital systems.
- Design digital circuits using Hardware Description Language (Verilog).
- Use industry standard software design suite and programmable devices such as FPGAs to implement digital circuits.
Course Topics
Brief list of topics to be covered:
- Number systems and signed numbers
- Hardware Description Language (Verilog)
- Combinational Logic: Boolean algebra, combinational logic design process, basic combinational components
- Sequential Logic: basic storage elements, sequential logic design process
- Datapath Components: adders, subtractors, multipliers, comparators, multiplexors, ALUs, multifunction registers, shifters, counters, timers, register files
- Register-transfer level (RTL) design
- Tradeoff or Optimization of digital circuits
- Physical Implementation, FPGA Overview
Relationship to Student Outcomes
ECE 274A contributes directly to the following specific electrical and computer engineering student outcomes of the ECE department:
1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.