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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu Jan 19 | Syllabus. Lect 1: Ohms law, series and parallel resistors; | Kirchoff's current and voltage laws, | Analog components and measuring tools |
| Thu Jan 26 | 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 |
| Thu Feb 2 | 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 | Using operational amplifiers |
| Thu Feb 9 | Managing complexity. numbers, arithmetic, logic gates | chapter 1 | Lab01 Full Adder |
| Thu Feb 16 | Combinational logic, Propagation delay | chapter 2 | Lab02 Seven-Segment Display Some last-minute suggestions for the lab |
| Thu Feb 23 | Sequential Logic, Finite State Machines | Chapter 3 | Lab03 Adventure Game |
| Thu Mar 2 | Hardware Description Languages | Chapter 4 | Make-up, finishing Adventure game |
| Thu Mar 9 | Digital Building Blocks | Chapter 5 | Lab04 Thunderbird Turn Signal |
| Thu Mar 16 No class. Spring Break. | |||
| Thu Mar 23 | Architecture | Chapter 6 | Lab05 32-Bit ALU and Testbench |
| Thu Mar 30 | Side-track to the PIC12F683 | Your name in Morse code | |
| Thu Apr 6 No class. Dr. Taylor away. | |||
| Thu Apr 13 | Side-track to the PIC | Lab06 PIC lab 1 | |
| Thu Apr 20 | Side-track to the PIC | Lab07 PIC lab 2: ADC and interrupts | |
| Thu Apr 27 | Micro-Architecture | Chapter 7 | Lab09 MIPS Single-Cycle Processor |
| Thu May 4 | Memory and IO | Chapter 8 | Building an IO device. |
| Thu May 11 | Final Exam |