ENGR 303 Digital
Logic Design Spring
2009
Instructor: Dan
Ross
Email:
rossd@flc.losrios.edu
Prerequisite:
None
Schedule:
Full 16 week
semester, Jan 17 – May 20. Time
M/W 2:00-4:50. FLC Main campus.
Course
Number: 28962
Catalog
Description:
This is an
introductory course in the fundamentals of designing digital computer hardware.
This course covers: logic gates, binary number systems, conversion between
number systems, Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps, combinational logic, digital
logic design, flip-flops, programmable logic devices (PLDs), counters,
registers, memories, state machines, designing combinational logic and state
machines into PLDs, and basic computer architecture. Lab emphasizes the use of
a software equation entry tool, the use of schematic entry, and the use of a
logic simulation tool. Lab assignments are design oriented. Required for
Electrical/Electronics Engineering and Computer Engineering majors. Helpful for
Computer Science majors. Recommended for students wishing to sample computer
engineering, and for current and future electronics technicians.
What the Course is
About and Why YOU Should Take It:
This is the
stuff that companies like Intel use to design microchips. In this course, we start with simple devices
called “gates”, and gradually design and build our own Central Processing Unit
(CPU). Most students say that the course
is really fun. It is a great course to
“sample engineering” to find out if you really like it.
This course
is identical to CPE 64 at CSU,
Texts:
·
Mano; Logic and Computer Design
Fundamentals, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall.
ISBN 013140539X
·
Lab
kit of electronic parts, about $25 in the FLC bookstore.