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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Engineering : School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

431-304 Computer Engineering 3

Credit Points:

7.1

Prerequisite/s:

431-204 Computer Engineering 2. From 1998: 431-222 Electronic Circuits and Devices

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

26 hours of lectures and 13 hours of tutorials and project work

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should:

  • be able to understand the basic concepts of gate level logic circuits;

  • understand the operation of TTL, ECL and CMOS gates;

  • understand the basics of real time computer systems;

  • be able to design computer peripheral interfaces;

  • understand the operation of Analog to Digital Converters;

  • understand the architecture of 8, 16 and 32 bit processors;

  • be able to develop microprocessor software.

Content:

Logic gate circuits: TTL, ECL, CMOS. Design of systems with embedded microprocessors or microcontrollers. Introduction to real time systems. Interrupts, DMA controllers, disk controllers, ADC's and DAC's. Microprocessor and microcontroller program development using C.

Assessment:

A two-hour examination; practice classes, tests, assignments and project reports, not exceeding 20 pages.
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