Readings are from Harris and Harris, Digital Design and COmputer Architecture. I used the second edition in making up the syllabus, but the first edition should serve also, except that you may have to work to get the section numbers to match my suggested readings. The lecture topics should give you a hint, and the fact that I intend to plow through the text from front to back.You're quite likely to need a textbook to do the later labs, so bite the bullet and buy one. I usually get used books from abebooks.com.
| date | topic | assigned reading before lecture | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurs Jan 21 | Syllabus. Lect 1: Ohms law, series and parallel resistors; | Kirchoff's current and voltage laws, | Analog components and measuring tools |
| Thurs Jan 28 | Lect 2 transistors (bipolar and cmos, n and p channel) as amplifiers and switches; alternating currents, frequency response | capacitive reactance and phasor analysis. | Frequency response |
| Thurs Feb 4 | Operational Amplifiers and Sensors | http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/semiconductors/chpt-8/op-amp-practical-considerations/ http://www.analog.com/library/analogDialogue/archives/43-09/Edch%201%20op%20amps.pdf | Building a revolution sensor |
| Thurs Feb 11 | Managing complexity. numbers, arithmetic, logic gates | chapter 1 | Lab01 Full Adder |
| Thurs Feb 18 | Combinational logic, Propagation delay | chapter 2 | Lab02 Seven-Segment Display |
| Thurs Feb 26 | Sequential Logic, Finite State Machines | Chapter 3 | Lab03 Adventure Game |
| Thurs Mar 3 | Hardware Description Languages | Chapter 4 | Make-up, finishing Adventure game |
| Thurs Mar 10 | Digital Building Blocks | Chapter 5 | Lab04 Thunderbird Turn Signal |
| Thurs Mar 17 No class spring break | |||
| Thurs Mar 24 | Architecture | Chapter 6 | Lab05 32-Bit ALU and Testbench |
| Thurs Mar 31 | Side-track to the PIC12F683 | Your name in Morse code | |
| Thurs Apr 7 | Side-track to the PIC | Lab06 PIC lab 1 | |
| Thurs Apr 14 | Side-track to the PIC | Lab07 PIC lab 2: ADC and interrupts | |
| Thurs Apr 21 | Micro-Architecture | Chapter 7 | Lab09 MIPS Single-Cycle Processor |
| Thurs Apr 28 | Memory and IO | Chapter 8 | Turning the revolution sensor into an IO device. |
| Thurs May 5 | Final Exam |