ENGR 2043 - Introduction to Digital Circuits and Logic Design
4 Credits
Provides an introduction to digital logic and logic design. Topics include binary systems, logic gates, Boolean algebra and functions, Karnaugh map, design of combinational and sequential logic circuits, adders, decoders, multiplexers, comparator counters, registers and memories.
Pre-Requisites Grade of C or higher in ENGR 2041
Major Content Areas
Boolean Algebra (15%)
Combinational Circuit Design & Simulation (10%)
Karnaugh Maps (10%)
Introduction to VHDL (5%)
Latches, Flip Flops, Registers and Counters, Serial Adders (15%)
Multiplexers, Decoders and Programmable Logic Devices (10%)
State Tables and Graphs (10%)
Clocked Sequential Circuits (10%)
Sequential Circuit Design (10%)
Binary, Octal, and Hexadecimal systems (5%)
Learning Outcomes
Solve and/or simplify Boolean functions by algebraic and mapping methods.
Identify the characteristics and truth tables for integrated circuits such as logic gates, flip-flops, multiplexers, counters and registers.
Construct logic circuits with logic gates to represent Boolean functions.
Design, analyze, and simulate/test a sequential logic circuit on the level of difficulty of a BCD counter or serial adder-subtractor.
Design, analyze, and simulate/test a combinational logic circuit on the level of difficulty of a decimal to binary encoder or full adder-subtractor.
Identify equivalent Boolean representation corresponding to an elementary VHDL code.
Demonstrate conversion of numbers to/from binary, octal, decimal & hexadecimal systems and use binary coding schemes.
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