ECE 465---Digital Systems

Instructor: Prof. Shantanu Dutt

1. T/Th 3-3:45 pm, 210 LH.
   
   
2. Instructor's office hrs (930 SEO): T/Th: 5:30-6:30pm, F: 4:30-5:30 pm
   
   
3. TA: Sajjad Rehman, sajjad.rahaman@gmail.com
   Office Hrs: TBA
   
   
4. Syllabus: pdf
   
   
5. Lecture Notes
   
   
6. Quartus II Schematic Capture Based Simulation Tool:
   (i) Schematic capture tutorial: pdf
   (ii) Schematic capture plus hierarchical design tutorial: pdf
   (iii) HDL based design tutorial: pdf
   
   
7. X Windows simulation tool (courtesy of Kevin Green)
   
   
8. Instructions for Downloading, Retrieving and Printing Postscript or PDF Files
   
   
9. Before the next lecture, remember to always go through the material covered in the previous lecture and make sure you understand it all. Ask Qs to TAs and me during office hours, and possibly in the next lecture.
   
   
10. Always do the given reading assignment for the class in which it will be needed. This way you'll get the most out of that lecture; otherwise you may not understand much of it. The reading assignments generally cover background material from pre-requisite courses or some nitty-gritty details like program syntax that are self explanatory.
    
    

1. HW 4 Solutions: pdf
   
   
2. Reminder: Midterm exam on Thurs Nov. 5, during classtime (3:30-4:45 pm).
   
   
3. Midterm Syllabus:
   (i) K-maps
   (ii) QM
   (iii) multi-function QM
   (iv) Petrick's algorithm
   (v) Design of MUxes (including D&C design)
   (vi) Logic design using MUXes and PLAs/PALs
   (vii) Application of multi-function QM to PLA design
   (viii) D&C design approach up to Mux design using D\&C (up to slide 11 in D\&C lecture notes).
   
   
4. Sample midterms:
   (i) Midterm Qs: pdf and Solutions: pdf
   Note: The D\&C method for dependency between subproblems is required in prob. 2, but is not in the syllabus for this semester's midterm.
   (ii) Midterm Qs: pdf and Solutions: pdf
   
   
   
5. HW 3 Solutions: pdf
   
   
6. HW 4 (due 11/03): pdf
   
   
7. HW 2 Solutions (due 10/08): pdf
   
   
8. HW 1 Solutions (due 09/24): pdf
   
   
9. HW 3 (due 10/22): pdf
   
   
10. HW 2 (due 10/08): pdf
    
    
11. HW 1 (due 09/24): pdf
    
    
12. Quiz 1 Solutions: pdf
    
    
13. Sample quiz: pdf
    
    
14. There will be a quiz on Tue Sept. 1 that will cover the following background/prerequisite topics (sections in text where the topics are discussed are given in square brackets):
    
    1. Boolean Algebra: [2.1-2.2]
    2. K-maps: [3.1-3.7]
    3. Logic gates, synthesis of logic circuits using gates: [2.3-2.4.1, 2.5-2.6]