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Digital Electronics

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Date Notes Class Activities
10/27
2B6
10/28
2A6
  • icon-slides_sm 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 11/9]
    • XOR symbol & circuit [80%] checkMark
    • NAND game1 – XOR (INV/AND/OR only) [100%] checkMark
10/23
2B5
10/26
2A5
 ramp
 7-Segment Displays
  • finish … 7-segment Arduino 0-F
10/21
2A4
10/22
2B4
ramp 
  • PSAT Day (A-day)
  • icon-slides_sm 7-segment Displays
  • lab 7-segment Arduino 0-F (pairProgrammingSmallest pairs #5) [10 pts  11/05]
    • GC has sheet with table, do NOT turn in
    • tinkercad [75%] checkMark
    • circuit [90%] checkMark
    • logic analyzer [100%] checkMark
10/19
2A3
10/20
2B3

odometer

“The Martian” hexadecimal scene

binary game

 Data Representation – Number Systems

  • Magic Cards (cards)
  • Exponential Growth (binary vs decimal)  spreadsheet
  • icon-slides_sm Decimal Binary Hex
    • Decimal and Binary Number systems
    • Hexadecimal Number system
  • Questions 1-5 lasacs
  • icon-slides_sm Decimal, Binary, Hexadecimal Tables
  • icon-slides_sm  Hex to Binary Shortcut
  • work_sm Number Conversion worksheet   answer key   {5 pts 10/27}
  • Radiolab Bit Flip (1:01 – 10:50)  whole podcast

Combinational Logic Circuits 

10/15
2B2
10/16
2A2

quizSm Transistors Inverters  Buffers Spice

[14 pts]

  • Finish NAND gate simulation lab
  • icon-slides_sm NOR gate (individual assignment)
    • lab NOR Gate Simulation  {Bonus +2 pts  10/23} (individual assignment) GC
10/13
2B1
10/14
2A1
 Ada Lovelace Day
(2nd Tue in Oct)
  • icon-slides_sm NAND gate   
    • lab NAND Gate Simulation Part 1 & 2 (pairProgrammingSmallest pairs #4) {10 pts  10/23} GC
10/07
1A18
10/08
1B18
UT ECE
(pdf  pptx)
  • Workday
  • lab Arduino 101 (Project 3 & 4) {Bonus 3 pts 10/16} checkMark
10/05
1A17
10/06
1B17
555 walking
  • lab  Using 7404 Hex Inverters (pairProgrammingSmallest pairs #4) {10 pts  10/16} checkMark
    • answer sheet
 10/01
1B16
10/02
1A16
  • LASA{CS}ASK
  • icon-slides_sm Ring Oscillator
    • lab Ring Oscillator Simulation {5 pts 10/14} checkMark
⮟ last assignments for this 9 weeks     ⮝ first assignments for next 9 weeks
 9/29
1B15
9/30
1A15
  • Webp.net-resizeimage (3) Process Videos (video 4 & 5)
  • icon-slides_sm Buffers 
    • lab Buffer Simulation {2 pts 10/06} checkMark
      • skip if you need to catch up
 9/25
1B14
9/28
1A14
  • Webp.net-resizeimage (3) Process Videos (video 2 & 3)
  • icon-slides_sm Transistor Evolution
  • icon-slides_sm Inverters 
  • lab Inverter Simulations (pairs #3) {10 pts  10/05}  GC
 9/23
1B13
9/24
1A13
  • Webp.net-resizeimage (3) Process Videos (video 1)
  • icon-slides_sm NMOS & PMOS transistors (Veritasium video slide 26)
    • lab Inverter Sizing {5 pts  10/1} checkMark
9/18
1A12
9/22
1B12
spice summary & debug
  • icon-slides_sm Photolithography (first 45 minutes)
    • lab Build a Transistor out of Play Doh (step by step) (groups of 2 or 3)
  • finish NMOS Simulation lab
9/16
1A11
9/17
1B11

 quizSm

LEDs & Capacitors
make sure you know k,m,u,n,p
retake up 80%[10 pts]

  • icon-slides_sm MOSFET transistors (Introduction)
  • icon-slides_sm MOSFET Transistor (How It Works)
  • lab NMOS Simulation {5 pts 9/29} 
    • [90%] size of transistor for more current checkMark
    • [100%] threshold voltage to nearest 1/10th volt checkMark

Transistor Circuits

9/14
1A10
9/15
1B10
college NPV
  • finish Oscilliscope lab
  • lab Arduino 101 (Project 1) {Bonus 2 pts 9/22} checkMark
  • lab Arduino 101 (Projects 2) {Bonus 2 pts 9/22} checkMark
9/10
1B9
9/11
1A9
oscilloscope1
left click
oscilloscope2
scroll
arduino issues
  • icon-slides_sm Arduino 101 (Get Started)
  • icon-slides_sm  Oscilloscopes 
    • lab Using an Oscilloscope (groups #2) [10 pts 9/22] checkMark
9/08
1B8
9/09
1A8

series or parallelspice summary & debug 
  • Webp.net-resizeimage (3) LED video
  • icon-slides_sm Introduction to a Spice simulator (ngspice)
  • icon-slides_sm installing ngspice
  • finish lab Simulating RC Circuits (ind)
    • ngspice (oscilloscope lab next time will use this skill)

 

9/3 1B7
9/4 1A7

  • Measuring Voltage & Current (Interactive)
  • finish … Light up a LED
  • icon-slides_sm Capacitors
    • Inductors (for reference only)
  • lab Simulating RC Circuits (ind) {10 pts 9/16} GC
    • Desmos
    • ngspice (next time)
9/1 1B6
9/2 1A6
quizSm
Electricity, Resistive Circuits, Multimeter, Breadboard
retake up 80%[18 pts,30min]
  • icon-slides_sm Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
  • lab Light up a LED (pairProgrammingSmallest pairs #1) {10 pts 9/11} GC
    • LED Datasheet
8/28 1B5
8/31 1A5
types of engineering 
  • Measuring Resistance (Interactive)
  • finish … Series and Parallel Resistance
8/26 1A4
8/27 1B4
  • Voltage Divider
  • icon-slides_sm Arduino 101 (POWER – slides 1-12)
  • icon-slides_sm Power, Multimeter, Breadboard
  • icon-slides_sm Tinkercad (Introduction)
  • lab Series and Parallel Resistance (pairProgrammingSmallest pairs #1) {15 pts 9/7} GC
8/24 1A3
8/25 1B3
useful & readable 
  • icon-slides_sm Resistive Circuits & Ohm’s Law 
  • icon-slides_sm falstad circuit simulator (demo)
  • lab Basic Resistive Circuits (20 minutes) (pairProgrammingSmallest pairs #0) {5 pts 9/1} GC
8/20 1B2
8/21 1A2
 resistor color chart
  • BLEND Honor Code & Syllabus [2 pts 8/28]
  • limit the use of AI in your education
  • seating chart & get to know your neighbors
  • icon-slides_sm Reporting Values
  • icon-slides_sm Current, Voltage, Resistance   lasacs

DC Circuits

8/18 1B1
8/19 1A1
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