431-102 Int. Digital Electronics & Microprocess

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Subject Description

To complete the subject successfully, you should be able to demonstrate that you can: appreciate the pervasiveness of digital circuits in modern life; design combinational logic circuits to a specification using integrated circuit technologies; design synchronous sequential logic circuits to perform a variety of common tasks including counting and sequence identification; identify and describe the key elements within a microprocessor, and have an understanding of the logic within them and their functions; write a simple assembly-language program and download it to a microcontroller chip; construct logic circuits using commercial components; communicate in terms commonly used in computer engineering.

The content includes: Introduction to number systems; Boolean Algebra, Karnaugh maps; Combinational logic circuits; Introduction to programmable logic devices; Sequential logic circuits, latches, flip-flops, registers, counters; Introduction to computers and microprocessors; Basic computer architecture; Introduction to assembly language.

Assessment

One written examination not exceeding three hours; practice classes, tests, laboratory reports and notebooks, assignments, tutorial attendance and project reports