Digital Electronics

Catalog description

This course is a study of the fundamental concepts of digital electronics. Covered topics include numbering systems, Boolean algebra and reduction techniques, logic gates, arithmetic operations and circuits, multiplexers and demultiplexers, flip-flops, counters, registers, memory circuits and programmable arrays, analog to digital and digital to analog conversion techniques and circuits. The focus of the course is digital design with Medium Scale Integrated circuits (MSI) components. The architecture of microprocessors is also introduced. A software simulation tool for digital electronics will be used. Laboratory work is coordinated with the lectures. Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisite: ETEC 131. Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 3-3-4