Text: There is no text for this course; however, handouts will be issued from time to time, and you will need access to a TTL Data Book of some kind.
Topics: This is a lab course, so the work will largely be laboratory oriented. The laboratory itself is located in EECE 212, and students will be able to work in that room when appropriate. In addition, students will be expected to work on schematic capture and simulation software available on departmental machines. The topics which we will discuss will relate to the laboratory and how to accomplish the tasks needed to complete your projects. These topics will include such things as wire wrap techniques, documentation practices, preparation of your design for implementation, practical limitations to design, design for testability, use of logic analyzers and other test equipment, etc.
Course requirements and grading: This is a course designed to improve a student's abilities to build and check out digital equipment. Thus the grading is based on the student's ability to demonstrate competence (and excellence) in the design process. The student must construct two projects, one by himself and one in a team. How well the student performs these tasks will determine the grade for the semester. The first project is a simple one which will familiarize the student with the equipment in the lab and the techniques needed to build the final project. All students are required to work on their own and complete the first project.
Semester Project: The second project will involve the rest of the semester. Teams will be organized and the design process will proceed again, only this time the project will be far more complicated. The majority of the semester grade will depend on this second project. These projects must be running before passing grades will be given.
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