Digital Course Guide Book For EE
Digital Course Guide Book For EE
Course Description
The course aims to let students have basic knowledge of digital systems and principles and to have
understanding of the basic digital logic circuit components and design of sequential and combinational
circuits.
Course Objectives
To introduce students with principles of Digital Systems
To study property and realization of the various logic gates
To make the student able to design Combinational and Sequential Systems
Course Contents and Schedule
Chapter Description Weeks
1 Introduction to Digital Systems
1.1 Basic Concepts: digital and analog quantities; digital number systems
1.2 Number Systems and Codes: Decimal numbers; binary numbers; decimal-to- 2 Weeks
binary conversion; binary arithmetic; hexadecimal numbers; octal numbers;
Binary Coded Decimal (BCD); alphanumeric codes; error detection codes
2 Logic Gates and Boolean Algebra
2.1 Boolean Constants and Variables 3 weeks
2.2 Truth Tables
2.3 Basic Gates: OR Gate; AND Gate; NOT Gate; Inverter
2.1 Derived Gates: Algebraic description; implementing circuits from Boolean
expressions; NOR gates and NAND gates; XOR and XNOR gates
2.2 Boolean Algebra and Logic Simplification: Boolean algebra rules;
DeMorgan’s Theorem; Algebraic Simplification; Karnaugh Map; universality
of NAND and NOR gates; alternate gate representations
3 Combinational Logic Circuits
3.1 Basic Combinational Logic Circuits
3.2 Combinational Logic Implementation
4 Weeks
3.3 Combinational Logic Devices: Adders; comparators; decoders; encoders ;
Multiplexer and Demultiplexer; Parity generator/checker
4 Sequential Logic Circuits
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Latches: NAND Gate Latch; NOR Gate Latch; Gated S-R Latch; Gated D
Latch; 3 Weeks
4.3 Clocked Flip-Flops: S-R Flip-Flop; J-K Flip-Flop; D-Flip-Flop
5 Counters and Registers
5.1 Asynchronous (Ripple) Counters
5.2 Synchronous Counters
3 Weeks
5.3 Up/Down Synchronous Counters
5.4 Shift Registers: basic functions; serial in/serial out; serial in/parallel out;
parallel in/serial out; parallel in/serial out; shift register counters
6 Final Exam 1 Week
1
Assessment and Evaluation
Quiz, Test, Assignment & Laboratory Exercises (50%)
Final Exams (50%)
Text Book
Digital Systems: Principles and Applications; 8th Ed.; Ronald J. Tocci and Neal S. Widmer;
References
1. Digital Fundamentals; 9th Ed.; Thomas L. Floyd
2. Fundamentals of Logic Design; 5th Ed.; Charles H.Roth, Jr.
3. Digital Design Principles and Practices; 3rd Ed.; John F. Wakerly