Intro Digital Electronics
Intro Digital Electronics
References:
1. Digital Electronics
- James Bignell & Robert Donovan
2. Digital Systems, Principles and Applications
- Ronald J. Tocci & Neal S.Widmer
3. Digital Electronics, A Practical Approach
- William Kleitz
Topics:
1. Introductory Concepts: Analog vs Digital Systems,
Their Advantages and Limitation
2. Number Systems and Codes
3. Basic Logic Gates
4. Combinational Logic Circuits
5. Reduction Techniques: Boolean Algebra, Karnaugh
Maps, and Quine-McCluskey Methods
6. ExOR and ExNOR Gates, Arithmetic Circuits
7. Combinational Logic Design with MSI circuits
8. Logic Families and Their Characteristics & Interfacings
9. Flip-Flops, Registers and Counters
10. Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) and
Digital to Analog Converter (DAC)
Analog vs Digital Systems
Digital
ON and OFF
0 and 1
Analog
continuously varying
temperature, pressure, velocity
Digital Representations of Analog Quantities
Eg:
Audio Recording
CD or DAT
Conversions
Digital-to-Analog
Analog voltage to 8-bit
Digital equivalent
Advantages of Digital Techniques:
1. Digital systems are generally easier to design.
2. Data/Information storage is easy.
3. Accuracy and precision are easier to maintain
throughout the system.
4. Digital circuits are less affected by noise
5. Data/Information can be processed easier.
Operation can be programmed.