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ICT222 (Digial Computer Design) - Outline - DEC2019 - Bern

The course ICT222: Digital Computer Design at Ghana Technology University College aims to teach students the fundamentals of digital design, including methodologies for structured design, K-map usage for circuit minimization, and circuit design using VHDL. Upon completion, students will understand sequential and combinational circuits, design simple circuits, and appreciate industrial computer system design. The course covers topics such as number bases, Boolean functions, digital design technologies, and introduces microcontrollers and microprocessors.

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ICT222 (Digial Computer Design) - Outline - DEC2019 - Bern

The course ICT222: Digital Computer Design at Ghana Technology University College aims to teach students the fundamentals of digital design, including methodologies for structured design, K-map usage for circuit minimization, and circuit design using VHDL. Upon completion, students will understand sequential and combinational circuits, design simple circuits, and appreciate industrial computer system design. The course covers topics such as number bases, Boolean functions, digital design technologies, and introduces microcontrollers and microprocessors.

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Ghana Technology University College

Tesano, Accra
Lecturer: Mr. Bernard Appiah-Kubi
DEC 2019

Course Outline
ICT222: Digital Computer Design

The objectives of this course:


 To acquaint students with the fundamentals of digital design,
 Students should be familiar with the methodologies, and techniques for the
structured design of digital systems.
 Students should know how to use K- maps to minimize circuit design
 Students should be able to design circuits using VHDL

Learning Outcomes:
After successful completion of this course;
 Students should be familiar with working principle of sequential and
combinational circuits
 Students should know how to use K-map to minimize circuits using POS or
SOP
 Students should be able to design simple workable circuits.
 Students should be able to use VHDL to design circuits
 Students would appreciate how computer systems are designed and
manufactured in the industrial environments

The course Outline:


 Review of :
o Number bases and their arithmetic’s,
o Boolean functions
o Logic Gate,
o Truth Table,
o POS, SOP,
o K-map
o combinational circuit,

 Digital design technologies (commonly-used digital components):


 Combinational Circuits
o Multiplexers, demultiplexers,
o decoders,
o encoders,
o Adders(half, full),
o Majority function,
o Comparator (1bit, 4bit, 8bit, serial)
o ALU-Arithmetic logic Unit (1 bit and 16 bit)

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 Sequential Circuits
o flip-flops,
o counters,
o Frequency dividers
o timers
o Registers, etc.
o Carry-look-ahead adders, ALUs.

 *Digital design methodology and techniques for finite state machines


o Top-down,
o Bottom up,
o Mixed,
o modular design,
o Controller/controlled-component architecture ,
 *Design environments and tools
o (Design life cycle using model digital development environments,
o Design specification:
 graphical,
 Logic synthesis,
 Simulation: functional and timing
 Device program

 Introduction to Microcontrollers and Microprocessors


Introduction to Microcontrollers and Microprocessors project using ATmega
microcontroller-(arduino)

Reference Books:
1, Digital Principles and Logic Design by Arijit Saha Nilotpal_Manna
2, Digital_Logic_Design by Brian Holdsworth, Clive Woods

Other books:
Digital concepts and Applications by Ismail Rooney
Digital fundamentals by Thomas L. Floyd
Digital Design and Computer Organization (Hardcover) by Hassan A. Farhat
Digital Design and Fabrication (Computer Engineering Handbook)
by Vojin Oklobdzija

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