ECE241F: Digital Systems

Professor Paul Chow and Professor Jonathan Rose

Fall 1996

Administration

Instructors

Professor Paul Chow
LP484A
978-2402
pc@eecg.toronto.edu
 
Professor Jonathan Rose
LP484E
978-6992
jayar@eecg.toronto.edu

Office Hours

Best to get us after lectures.

Lectures

All lectures are at 2pm.

Labs and Tutorials

See the Lab Schedule.

Grading

10% Labs and Tutorials
10% Quiz in lab/tutorial
30% Midterm
50% Final Exam

See also Expectations and Evalutions.

For a quiz related to the software, you will be permitted to use a manual, which will be provided.

The Midterm and Final Exam are TYPE D (examiner specified aids) and NO calculators of any kind are permitted.

The aids will be specified later, and will exclude unauthorized photocopied material from the Required Class Texts or from any other copyright protected publication

The Midterm is on November 6, 6-8pm, Room TBA.

About the Course

Why this course?

• most of you will eventually encounter something to do with digital electronics and computers
• that is why you take this course and Comp Org in 3rd year

Goals

• understand basic digital logic circuit design and concepts
• become comfortable with using CAD tools in design
• learn how to design and debug

Course Material

• all material will be from text, LogicWorks manual, lab handouts
• will assign problems and exercises from time to time
• outline
  • binary systems
  • how to represent actions of binary systems in terms of Boolean Algebra
  • how to implement a Boolean function using logic gates
  • design of finite state machines
  • design of Digital Circuits using MSI/LSI chips
  • design using programmable logic devices (PLDs)
  • design

Text and Software

The textbook is Contemporary Logic Design by Randy H. Katz, Benjamin/Cummings, 1994. The software is called LogicWorks 3 by Capilano Computing Systems, Ltd., which runs on MACs and PCs under Windows. The text and the software are both required.

Note that older versions of LogicWorks are okay for this course, but all references to the manual will be for the LogicWorks 3 manual. You can get more info about LogicWorks 3 on the web.

Several options should be available to you for purchase (prices have not been confirmed) at the University of Toronto Bookstore:

Computer System Requirements