BLG 231E: Digital Circuits

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Announcements

  • Sept. 7th The class is given in the room 2104 (first floor), EEF.

Syllabus

BLG 231E: Digital Circuits, CRN: 11043, Tuesdays 13:30-16:30, Room: 2104 (EEF), Fall 2014.
Instructor

Mustafa Altun

  • Email: altunmus@itu.edu.tr
  • Tel: 02122856635
  • Office hours: 15:00 – 16:30 on Thursdays in Room:3005, EEF (or stop by my office any time)
Teaching Assistant

Salih Vehbi Cömert

  • Email: vehbicomert@gmail.com
  • Room: 3009 EEF
Grading
  • Homeworks: 15%
    • 3 homeworks (5% each)
  • Midterm Exams: 40%
    • 2 midterms (22.5% each) during the lecture time that will on 21/10/2014 and 25/11/2014.
  • Final Exam: 40%
Textbook
  • Wakerly, J. F. (2005). Digital Design Principles & Practices, 4th edition. Prentice Hall.
Reference Book
  • Roth Jr, C., & Kinney, L. (2013). Fundamentals of logic design. Cengage Learning.
Policies
  • Homeworks are due at the beginning of class. Late homeworks will be downgraded by 20% for each day passed the due date.
  • Exams are in closed-notes and closed-books format.
  • To be eligible of taking the final or the resit exam, you should take both midterms and your midterm average should be at least 25 (out of 100).

Weekly Course Plan

Date
Topic
Week 1, 9/9/2014 Introduction
Week 2, 16/9/2014 Digital logic gates, combinational circuits, Boolean expressions
Week 3, 23/9/2014 Truth tables, two-level forms (AND/OR/NAND/NOR), "don't cares"
Weeks 4, 30/9/2014 Logic minimization: Karnaugh maps and Quine-McCluskey method
Weeks 5, 7/10/2014 Logic minimization: Karnaugh maps and Quine-McCluskey method
Week 6, 14/10/2014 Binary decision diagrams and hazards
Weeks 7, 21/10/2014 MIDTERM I
Week 8, 28/10/2014 Probabilistic computing
Week 9, 4/11/2014 Probabilistic computing
Weeks 10, 11/11/2014 Defects and reliability in nanoelectronics
Week 11, 18/11/2014 Defects and reliability in nanoelectronics
Week 12, 25/11/2014 MIDTERM II
Weeks 13, 2/12/2014 Student presentations
Weeks 14, 9/12/2014 Student presentations

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