Digital Electronics

	Digital Electronics
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Date	Notes	Class Activities
2/21		Silicon Labs Field Trip (9:30am – 1:30pm)
12/04A 2A12	Logic, Truth Tables, Karnaugh Maps, etc	Boolean Algebra Practice Quiz MIDTERM topics Intel FDIV bug Hubble KC Challenger
12/02A 2A11		Full Adder Optimization lab FAopt1 & FAopt2 [5 pts 12/9] Boolean Logic [5 pts 12/9] answer sheet

11/20A 2A10	Timing & Labels	Half & Full Adders [10 pts 12/4] lab FA0, FA1, Equivalence FA0 [70%] FA1 [90%] XOR equivalence [95%] Sum & Count equivalence [100%]
Binary Adders
11/18A 2A9	minimum clicks	finish lab 4-input 7-Segment 0-9 Domino INV, AND, XOR gates (6:05-9:52)
11/15A 2A8	light switch Nov 15, 1971	Karnaugh Maps lab 4-input 7-Segment 0-9 [15 pts 12/02] 1. 7- Segment 0-9 Minimization answer sheet (make copy, don’t turn in) 2. simplified SOP circuit [75%] 3a. DeMorgan circuit [90%] 3b. DeMorgan minus 2 gates [100%] 4. timing from 6 to 7 [BONUS + 2pts]
11/13A 2A7	UT ECE (pdf pptx)	finish lab 2-input 7-Segment 0-3 HW
11/11A 2A6		Boolean Algebra (Part2 33-end) Practice (with a partner) (10 minutes) lab 2-input 7-Segment 0-3 HW (pairs #6) [15 pts 11/20] make copy of answer sheet simplified boolean equations [50%] simulate min-transistor circuit [70%] simulate 74xx circuit [85%] build min-transistor circuit [100%]
11/6A 2A5	Binary & Hex Conversion	Boolean Algebra (Part1 1-32) NAND game2 – apply DeMorgan’s to the XOR gate so it takes only 16 transistors BONUS +2 pts build the ‘DeMorganized’ LASACS circuit on a breadboard finish lab LASACS 7-Segment
11/04A 2A4	SOP logo	CMOS Logic Gates (from previous unit) Truth Table “hex” Values #2 continue lab LASACS 7-Segment Truth Table [5 pts 11/11] answer sheet
10/30A 2A3		Logic Circuits, Truth Tables & Boolean Expressions Truth Table “hex” Values #1 lab LASACS 7-Segment [10 pts 11/11] SOP LASACS truth table [70%] Partially Simplified [90%] DeMorgan’s (after Boolean Algebra lecture) [100%]
10/28A 2A2		finish … 7-segment Arduino 0-F Logisim-Evolution Berkley CS61C Cornell CS3410 Duke ECE/CS 250 Help -> Tutorial 1st four sections of Help -> User’s Guide -> Subcircuits -> Creating circuits lab XOR [5 pts 11/4] XOR symbol & circuit [80%] NAND game1 – XOR (INV/AND/OR only) [100%]
10/23A		Do it again
10/21A 2A1	Transistors Inverters Buffers Spice [14 pts]	7 Segment Displays 7-segment Displays lab 7-segment Arduino 0-F (pairs #5) [10 pts 10/30] tinkercad [75%] circuit [90%] logic analyzer [100%]
Combinational Logic Circuits
10/18	end of 9 weeks
10/18A 1A20	odometer “The Martian” hexadecimal scene binary game	Data Representation – Number Systems Magic Cards (cards) Exponential Growth (binary vs decimal) spreadsheet Decimal Binary Hex Decimal and Binary Number systems Hexadecimal Number system Questions 1-5 lasacs Decimal, Binary, Hexadecimal Tables Hex to Binary Shortcut Number Conversion worksheet answer key [5 pts 10/25] Radiolab Bit Flip (1:01 – 10:50) whole podcast
10/16A 1A19		NAND gate lab NAND gate simulation Part 1 & 2 [BONUS +3 pts] NOR gate lab NOR gate simulation [BONUS +3 pts]
10/11A 1A18		Workday lab Arduino 101 (Projects 3 & 4) [BONUS +1.5pts each]
10/9C	PSAT	Z2 homemade silicon chip (5:46) Periods 1-4 meet for 30 minutes each in afternoon
10/7A 1A17	555 walking	Using 7404 Hex Inverters (pairs #4) [10 pts 10/23] answer sheet
⮟ last assignments for this 9 weeks ⮝ first assignments for next 9 weeks
10/2A 1A16		How Intel Makes a Chip (3:11) LASA{CS}ASK Ring Oscillator lab Ring Oscillator simulation [5 pts 10/18]
9/30A 1A15		How do they make Silicon Wafers and Computer Chips (0:41-8:30) Buffers lab Buffer Simulation [5 pts 10/18]
9/27A 1A14		Transistor Evolution Inverters lab Inverter Simulations (pairs #3) [10 pts 10/16] answer sheet (turn in)
9/25A 1A13		NMOS & PMOS transistors Inverter Sizing [5 pts 10/2]
9/23A 1A12	spice summary & debug Dr. Patt 2	finish spice from last time (30 min) start making rectangles when done with spice Photolithography (last 60 minutes) Build a Transistor out of Play Doh Step by Step (groups of 2 or 3) {5 pts 9/23}
9/18A 1A11	LEDs & Capacitors [13 pts] complex invention	MOSFET transistors (Introduction) MOSFET Transistor (How It Works) lab NMOS Simulation [5 pts 9/25] [90%] size of transistor for more current [100%] threshold voltage to nearest 1/10th volt
Transistor Circuits
9/16A 1A10	college NPV	finish Oscilliscope lab lab Arduino 101 (Projects 1 & 2) (groups #2) [10 pts 9/23]
9/13A 1A9	oscilloscope1 left clickoscilloscope2 scrollarduino issues	Arduino 101 (Get Started) lab Oscilloscopes Using an Oscilloscope (groups #2) [10 pts 9/23]
9/11A 1A8	series or parallel spice summary & debug	LED video Introduction to a Spice simulator (ngspice) installing ngspice finish lab Simulating RC Circuits (ind) ngspice Quiz 2 Capacitors & LEDs (PRACTICE)
9/9A 1A7		GoSoapBox #2 finish … Light up a LED Capacitors Inductors (for reference only) lab Simulating RC Circuits (ind) {10 pts 9/18} Desmos ngspice (next time)
9/4 1A6	Electricity, Resistive Circuits, Multimeter, Breadboardretake up 80%	Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) lab Light up a LED (pairs #1) {10 pts 9/16} LED Datasheet
8/30 1A5		GoSoapBox #1 finish … Series and Parallel Resistance
8/28 1A4	What’s nEEw? breadboard 1:15 – 4:30 MEASURING	Arduino 101 (POWER – slides 1-12) Power, Multimeter, Breadboard Tinkercad (Introduction) lab Series and Parallel Resistance (pairs #1) {15 pts 9/9}
8/26 1A3	What’s nEEw?	Resistive Circuits & Ohm’s Law falstad circuit simulator (demo) lab Basic Resistive Circuits (20 minutes) (pairs #0) {10 pts 9/3}
8/23 1A2		seating chart (meet your neighbors) Reporting Values Current, Voltage, Resistance lasacs
DC Circuits
8/21 1A1		Getting Started teacher lasacs.com: courses calendar Peer Tutors puzzles syllabus Women in Tech & Engineering attendance, seating chart (next class day) Room 506 (hall pass, lost & found, scratch paper) lasacs.com/ask/506 ? seniors – this class is busy until the end of 2nd semester [email protected] put *Period #* and *name* in email subject BLEND (Can you see class? Turn off Color Overlay!!!) LASA Honor Code & Syllabus File Explorer (View -> File name extensions) LASA{CS} CLUBS First Day LASACS evacuation route evacuation meetup location class text book Welcome to Digital Electronics Moore’s Law, etc.

Binary Adders

7 Segment Displays

Combinational Logic Circuits

Transistor Circuits

DC Circuits