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The course ICS 2205, titled Digital Logic, covers number systems, logic gates, and basic digital electronic devices including counters and memory types. Students will learn to define and differentiate various logic components and perform calculations related to them. The course includes lectures, discussions, practicals, and evaluations through CATs and a final exam.

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ICS2205 Course Outline

The course ICS 2205, titled Digital Logic, covers number systems, logic gates, and basic digital electronic devices including counters and memory types. Students will learn to define and differentiate various logic components and perform calculations related to them. The course includes lectures, discussions, practicals, and evaluations through CATs and a final exam.

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Course code: ICS 2205

Course Title: DIGITAL LOGIC

Course Description:
Number systems: decimal, binary, hexadecimal. Conversion from one number system to another.
Codes; BCD, ASCII. Applications of codes. Signal; analogue, digital, logic levels; logic gates;
AND, OR, INVERTER. Truth tables, Boolean Algebra, Karnaugh Maps, Logic circuits;
Standard gate symbols; combinational logic, Universal gates; NAND, NOR, EXOR. ICs and
applications. Basic Digital Electronic Devices: Counters; Flip flops; S-R, D, Latches, J-K.
Binary counters; parallel, serial. Decade counter. Encoder and decoders. Multiplexers and
demultiplexers. Displays: LEDs, LCDs 7 segment display. Memory: Terminology; Bit, Byte,
Word Nibble, data address. Registers, RAM, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM. Signal conditioning:
transducers, sensors, actuator, and amplifiers/driver circuits.

Course Objective:
By the end of this course the student should be able to;
 Define, differentiate the construction, their types, uses and perform basic calculation for
the following; gates, combinational logic and sequential logic.
 Understand the construction and operation of counters.

Course Content:
1 NUMBER SYSTEMS:
Week 1, 2, 3 and 4
 decimal, binary, hexadecimal. Conversion from one number system to another. Codes;
BCD, ASCII. Applications of codes. Signal; analogue, digital, logic levels;
CAT 1
2. LOGIC GATES:
Week 5, 6, 7 & 8
 AND, OR, INVERTER. Truth tables, Boolean Algebra, Karnaugh Maps, Logic circuits;
Standard gate symbols; combinational logic, Universal gates; NAND, NOR, EXOR. ICs
and applications.
CAT 2
3. BASIC DIGITAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES:
Week 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13
 Counters; Flip flops; S-R, D, Latches, J-K. Binary counters; parallel, serial. Decade
counter. Encoder and decoders. Multiplexers and demultiplexers. Displays: LEDs, LCDs
7 segment display. Memory: Terminology; Bit, Byte, Word Nibble, data address.
Registers, RAM, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM. Signal conditioning: transducers, sensors,
actuator, and amplifiers/driver circuits.
CAT 3
5. PRACTICALS:
Week 14
 Understanding basic gates, combinational and sequential logic circuits.

Week 15 & 16
 Final examination
Teaching Methodology:
The course will have one session of five (5) hours a week. Lectures, class and group discussions
and research assignments will be an integral part of this course.

Method of evaluation:
 There will be three (3) CATs and two (2) assignments across the semester which will
account for 30% of the overall mark.
 There will be final examination at the end of semester which will account for 70% of the
overall mark.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:
Digital electronics circuits & systems by V. K. Puri
Digital electronics by Myke Predho
Digital electronics by D. C. Green
Modern digital electronics by R. P. Jain
Basic electronics by J. A. Strong
A textbook of digital electronics by R. S. Sedha
Digital Electronics principles, devices and applications by Anil K. Maini
Digital design by Morris Mano

Content
Number systems: decimal, binary, hexadecimal. Conversion from one number system to another.
Codes; BCD, ASCII. Applications of codes. Signal; analogue, digital, logic levels; logic gates;
AND, OR, INVERTER. Truth tables, Boolean Algebra, Karnaugh Maps, Logic circuits;
Standard gate symbols; combinational logic, Universal gates; NAND, NOR, EXOR. ICs and
applications. Basic Digital Electronic Devices: Counters; Flip flops; S-R, D, Latches, J-K.
Binary counters; parallel, serial. Decade counter. Encoder and decoders. Multiplexers and
demultiplexers. Displays: LEDs, LCDs 7 segment display. Memory: Terminology; Bit, Byte,
Word Nibble, data address. Registers, RAM, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM. Signal conditioning:
transducers, sensors, actuator, and amplifiers/driver circuits.

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