Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Engineering (Volume 4 page 84)
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Credit points: 7.1
Contact: 20 hours of lectures, 6 hours of tutorials and 12 hours of laboratory work
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should:
- be able to understand the basic concepts of digital circuits
- understand the operation of AND, OR, NAND and NOR gates
- be able to use Karnaugh maps to simplify switching expressions
- be able to design simple logic circuits using commonly available chips
- understand the operation of a microprocessor
- be able to write a simple program in assembler
- be able to interface a register to a microprocessor
Content:
Digital Circuits: Boolean Algebra, combinational logic, IC logic gates, flip-flops, counters, registers and state machines. The Stored program concept, basic computer architecture, microcontrollers, address decoding and register interfacing.
Assessment:
A two-hour examination (85%); up to 20 pages of laboratory reports (15%).
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Engineering (Volume 4 page 84)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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