BLG 231E: Digital Circuits

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Announcements

  • Oct. 10th The classroom is changed to 4102 (first floor), EEF.
  • Sept. 8th The class is given in the room 5305 (third floor), EEF.

Syllabus

BLG 231E: Digital Circuits, CRN: 13783, Fridays 09:30-12:30, Room: 4102 (EEF), Fall 2017.
Instructor

Mustafa Altun

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

Ensar Vahapoğlu

  • Email: ensarvahapoglu@gmail.com
  • Room: 3007 EEF
Grading
  • Quizzes: 10%
    • 2 pop-up quizzes (5% each) - no prior announcement of quiz dates and times
  • Homeworks: 10%
    • 3 homeworks (3.3% each)
  • Midterm Exams: 40%
    • 2 midterms (20% each) during the lecture time that will on 27/10/2017 and 1/12/2017.
  • Final Exam: 40%
Textbook
  • Wakerly, J. F. (20XX). Digital Design Principles & Practices. Prentice Hall.
Reference Books
  • Roth Jr, C., & Kinney, L. (20XX). Fundamentals of logic design. Cengage Learning.
  • Mano, M. M., & Kime, C. R. (20XX). Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals. Prentice Hall.
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, 15/9/2017 Introduction
Week 2, 22/9/2017 Digital logic fundamentals: gates, combinational circuits, Boolean expressions
Week 3, 29/9/2017 Digital logic fundamentals: truth tables, two-level forms (AND/OR/NAND/NOR), "don't cares"
Weeks 4, 6/10/2017 Logic minimization: Karnaugh maps, Quine-McCluskey method
Weeks 5, 13/10/2017 Quine-McCluskey method, binary decision diagrams, hazards
Week 6, 20/10/2017 Combinational circuit design: building blocks (adders, multiplexers, decoders, etc.)
Weeks 7, 27/10/2017 MIDTERM I
Week 8, 3/11/2017 HOLIDAY, no class
Week 9, 10/11/2017 Combinational circuit design: implementing Boolean and arithmetic operations
Weeks 10, 17/11/2017 Area-Delay Performance analysis of combinational circuits
Week 11, 24/11/2017 Sequential circuits: latches & flip-flops
Week 12, 1/12/2017 MIDTERM II
Weeks 13, 8/12/2017 Sequential circuit design: state graphs and tables, modules
Weeks 14, 15/12/2017 Sequential circuit design: modules, state machines
Weeks 15, 22/12/2017 Sequential circuit design: modules, state machines

Course Materials

Homeworks & Solutions Quizzes & Solutions Sample Problems & Solutions Exams
Homework 1 & Solutions Quiz 1 & Solutions Problem Set 1 & Solutions Midterm 1
Homework 2 & Solutions Quiz 2 & Solutions Problem Set 2 & Solutions Midterm 2
Homework 3 & Solutions
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