COURSE SYLLABUS

 

CETT 1425 04294 Digital Fundamentals

 

 

Schedule:

Spring 2010, Tuesday and Thursday, 7:05 pm to 9:45 pm

Instructor:

Don  Holden

Office Phone:

223-6225 (Dept. Office)

e-mail address

donnjudyholden@gmail.com  (I check for email often, and I will reply promptly.)

Web site

http://www2.austincc.edu/dholden

The web site will contain an up-to-date syllabus and links to related material

Office Hour:

6:30 pm to 7:00 pm, Tuesday and Thursday and by appointment.

Textbook:

"Digital Systems, Principles and Applications" ,  10th Edition, by Ronald J. Tocci, Neal S. Widmer, & Gregory L. Moss. 

Prerequisites:

MTH 1743 College Algebra, DC Circuits, AC Circuits or their equivalents.

Course Format:

 The course is a combination of lecture, in-class exercises, and laboratory.

Grading:

Your grade is based upon 4 examinations and a series of lab experiments.  The instructor will announce the exam date one week prior to the exam.  Lab experiments will be assigned at appropriate times. The weight of these activities in determining your final grade are:

Exams   85 %       Lab  15 %  Standard letter grades will be used.

Homework:

No regular home work will be assigned, however, you are expected to read the textbook chapters designated and occasionally complete a special project.  We will work many of the odd-numbered problems in the text during in-class exercises.

Attendance:

ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY. This course meets only 32 times. If you miss even one class, you have a lot of catch up to do on your own. If you get hopelessly behind, it is your responsibility to withdraw on or before April 26.

Laboratory:

The course requires lab work where you will build, test, analyze and troubleshoot a variety of digital circuits, including logic gates, flip-flop registers, counters, encoders/decoders, etc.  Lab equipment and components will be supplied. However it will be helpful if you would bring your lab kits from previous courses to supplement the lab hardware. 

 

 

 Tentative Schedule

 

 

Week 1

1/18

Chapter 1,Chapter 2

Introduction, Number systems and codes

Week 2

1/25

Chapter 2

Number systems and codes

Week 3

2/1

Chapter 3

Describing Logic Circuits

Week 4

2/8

Chapter 3

Describing Logic Circuits

Week 5

2/15

Chapter 4

Combinational logic circuits

Week 6

2/22

Chapter 4

Combinational logic circuits

Week 7

3/1

Chapter 5

Flip-flops and Related Devices

Week 8

3/8

Chapter 5

Flip-flops and Related Devices

No School

3/15

 

Spring Break

Week 9

3/22

Chapter 6

Digital Arithmetic: Operations and Circuits

Week 10

3/29

Chapter 6

Digital Arithmetic: Operations and Circuits

Week 11

4/5

Chapter 7

Counters and registers

Week 12

4/12

Chapter 7

Counters and registers

Week 13

4/19

Chapter 9

MSI logic circuits.

Week 14

4/26

Chapter 9

MSI logic circuits.

Week 15

5/3

Chapter 12

Programmable  logic devices

Week 16

5/10

Review

Final Exam