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AEEC 192 Digital Circuits II

Introduction

In this web space you may find lecture notes and other relevant material for the Spring 2012 semester on Digital Circuits II.

It is highly recommended for students to have the following lecture notes with them in hard copies in each and every lecture. In this respect, notes are provided in portable document format (pdf) and can be downloaded by right-clicking on each link. Not all lecture notes are currently available but they will become available in due time as the course progresses.

The notes provided must not be considered as a replacement of either attendance of lectures or study of the suggested textbooks. Their purpose is to assist you in your studying and provide you with guidelines on what you should be focusing on. You are encouraged to enhance notes with study from the recommended literature and web links.

Subject Information
Course outline
Prerequisite course 
 
LECTURE NOTES
Right click on the following links to save the lecture notes on your PC, then print them.
Week # Lecture # Topics covered
Week 1 Introduction Flip-Flops NOTES

hw1

     
Week 2 Lecture 1  

Analyzing sequential circuits

hw2
     
Week 3 Lecture 2

Finite State Machine Design

 
hw3

 

(TEST 9/3/2012)
Week 4 Lecture 3 Counters hw4
     
Week 5 Lecture 4  Registers  
    
Week 6 Test 1  

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Week 7 Lecture 5 Algorithmic State Machines  

hw6

 

Week 8 Lecture 6 Algorithmic State Machines II
   
Week 9 (TEST 18/5/2012)

 

Revision hw7 Submit this hw on 15/5/2012

 

   
Week 10 Test 2  

   
Week 11 Lecture 8

Asynchronous sequential circuits

     
Week 12 Lecture 9
   
Week 13

Revision  

 
Assignments/TESTS
 
Assessments

According to the Institute’s regulations, 60% of a student’s grade corresponds to the result of his/her final examination. The remaining 40% is the student’s coursework grade, which will be calculated as follows:

Evaluation Type After completion of Weight
Test 1 Week 5 40%
Test 2 Week 9 40%
Lab report 20%
 
Bibliography 
Lectures will be given in every class session and they will be based on the main textbook. The assignments and examinations will be based on the material covered in class. Students are advised to purchase the main textbook on which many topics of the course are covered. Students are also advised to review the extensive list of books offered at the FIT library on the subject.  

Main textbook  
  • Morris Mano, Digital Design, Prentice Hall, 2002

Additional reading and other learning recourses  

  • P. Ashenden, The Student’s Guide to VHDL, Morgan Kaufmann, 1998
  • David van den Bout, The Practical Xilinx Designers Lab Book, Prentice Hall, 1999
  • John Wakerly, Digital Design: Principles and Practices and Xilinx 4.2i, 3/e, Prentice Hall, 2003