Digital Electronics

	Digital Electronics
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Date	Notes	Class Activities
4/9	end of 6 weeks
	RPN Calculator HP15C (click pic) (5 x (10-3))/(7-2) -1² = (-1)² “TI” calculator	Program Memory & Program Counter add a Program Counter, Program Memory add and subtract 4 times
3/5A		Flex Friday A Day credit for attendance
3/3A 3/4B		finish Registers Test Registers [10 pts]
3/1A 3/2B		Amid challenges, chipmaker AMD … clock skew effect Microarchitecture Registers R0 & R1 Registers [5 pts]
2/26B		Flex Friday B Day credit for attendance BLEND quiz
2/24A 2/25B		AISD Reopening
Microarchitecture (LALU 2.0)
2/19	end of 6 weeks
2/16-2/23
2/12B		Flex Friday B Day credit for attendance Latch & Flip-Flop timing [5 pts]
2/10A 2/11B		Finish Path Delay To get a successful start to the next unit, be sure to have Adder/Subtractor done by beginning of next week
2/8A 2/9B		Path Delay Path Delay simulations [5 pts] Interview Question #1 (Standard cells TSMC 0.18) Why does a standard cell library have both a NAND, INV, and an AND?
2/5A		Flex Friday A Day credit for attendance Latch & Flip-Flop timing [5 pts]
2/2B 2/3A	Spice Summary	Latches (2020 & 21 – slides 1-2, 11,13-16 only) ~~D-latch simulations 1-3 [85%] simulation 4 [100%]~~ Flip-Flops (2021 slides 1-15, no lab) ~~D Flip-Flop simulations 1-4~~ Latch & Flip-Flop timing [5 pts]
Sequential Logic
1/29B 2/1A		1/29B B-day only: Async Friday Attendance Quiz UIL Written Test Question finish … Binary Subtraction and Overflow
1/27A 1/28B	weird number	Binary Subtraction & Overflow Binary Addition & Subtraction [5 pts] 16-bit Adder & Subtractor [15 pts] using logisim adder using Carry Select adder
1/25A 1/26B		finish … 8/16-bit Carry Select Adder Tuesday – open office hours 1pm-3pm
1/21B 1/22A		Standard Cells finish … 8/16-bit Carry Select Adder
1/19B 1/20A		Carry Select Adder 8-bit Carry Select Adder 16-bit Carry Select Adder [15 pts] [80%: adds, 90%: ~timing, 100%: correct]
1/15A		Flex Friday A Day credit for attendance 4 question ripple carry adder BLEND Quiz link
1/13A 1/14B		workday
1/11A 1/12B		Ripple Carry Adder 4-bit Ripple Carry Adder 8-bit Ripple Carry Adder [10 pts] [80%: adds, 90%: ~timing, 100%: correct] 4 bit-adder Domino Video Domino Adder (13:22 adder)
1/08B		Flex Friday B Day credit for attendance Flex Friday (Dec 11th – A day, Jan 8th – B day) Attendance Credit I think this link will get you there.
1/06A 1/07B		finish FA1opt & FA2opt and FA0, FA1, XOR/Sum/Count equivalence

12/18	end of 6 weeks
Finals week	Karnaugh Maps, etc	Period 2 – Wed 12/16 Period 8 – Thurs 12/17
12/11A		Flex Friday A Day credit for attendance Flex Friday (Dec 11th – A day) Attendance Credit I think this link will get you there.
12/09A 12/10B		Full Adder Optimization FAopt1 & FAopt2 [10 pts] Boolean Logic KEY form [5 pts]
12/07A 12/08B	BioMed “SOP” logo	Half & Full Adders [15 pts] FA0, FA1, XOR/Sum/Count equivalence
Binary Adders
12/04B		Flex Friday B Day credit for attendance Flex Friday Nov 20th (A day) Dec 4 (B day)
12/02A 12/03B		finish up all 7-segment labs
11/30A 12/01A	DCA patent	finish up all 7-segment labs

11/20A		Flex Friday A Day credit for attendance Flex Friday Nov 20th (A day) Dec 4 (B day)
11/18A 11/19B		Digital vs Analog finish… 4-input 7-Segment 0-9 Video Domino INV, AND, XOR gates (6:05-9:52)
11/16A 11/17B		Karnaugh Maps 4-input 7-Segment 0-9 [20 pts] 7- Segment 0-9 Minimization SOP circuit DeMorgan circuit BONUS show me the boolean logic steps involved in replacing the W’X’Y’ gate in the g segment logic, with the W’X’Y’Z gate in the a segment logic
11/13B		Flex Friday B Day credit for attendance please complete the Nov 13th Flex Friday Question
11/11A 11/12B		finish … 2-input 7-Segment 0-3
11/9A 11/10B		Boolean Algebra Socrative NAND game2 – apply DeMorgan’s to the XOR gate so it only uses inv & nand gates 2-input 7-Segment 0-3 (pairs #3) [20 pts] simulate simplified logic circuit simulate min-transistor circuit simulate 74xx circuit build min-transistor circuit
11/6	end of 6 weeks
11/4A 11/6B		finish … 7-Segment Display Circuits Truth Table KEY form [5 pts]
11/2A 11/5B	Number Conversion 4-func calculator	Truth Tables & Boolean Expressions 🕪 video Truth Table “hex” Values LASA{CS} ASK Hello 7-Segment 🕪 video [10 pts] NEXT YEAR LASACS 7-Segment SOP Partly Simplified DeMorgan’s (in next lecture)
10/30A		Flex Friday A Day credit for attendance please complete the Oct 30th Flex Friday Question
10/28A 10/29B		finish … 7-segment Arduino 0-F Logisim-Evolution Logic simulator Berkley CS61C Cornell CS3410 Duke ECE/CS 250 XOR XOR symbol & circuit [9 pts] NAND game1 – XOR (INV/AND/OR only) [10 pts]
10/26A 10/27B	Transistors & Spice	Arduino Getting Started 7-segment Displays 7-segment Arduino 0-F truth table circuit (pairs #2) [15 pts] logic analyzer
10/23B		Flex Friday B Day credit for attendance Draw a NMOS transistor & submit picture
10/21A 10/22B	odometer Conversion calculator	Nor gate CMOS Logic Gates download logisim Data Representation – Number Systems Magic Cards (cards) Exponential Growth (binary vs decimal) spreadsheet Decimal, Binary, Hexadecimal Decimal and Binary Number systems Hexadecimal Number system Questions 1-5 lasacs Hex to Binary Shortcut Number Conversion worksheet KEY form [5 pts]
Combinational Logic Circuits
10/19A 10/20B		Ring Oscillator Ring Oscillator simulation [3 pts] NAND and NOR gates (Part I) skipping this year NAND and NOR gates (Part II)
10/16A		Flex Friday A Day credit for attendance Draw a NMOS transistor & submit picture to 💧 NMOS
10/14A 10/15B		How Intel Makes a Chip (3:11) finish … Inverter Simulations Buffers Buffer simulation [3 pts] Best so far 191.9, 200.6, 202, 206, 208, 209.8, 210
10/12A 10/13B	ngspice Manual	Inverter Design & Simulation Inverter Simulations (pairs #2) [20 pts]
10/9	end of 6 weeks
10/08B 10/09A		work day
10/06B 10/07A	Dr. Norman	NMOS & PMOS transistors How does a transistor work? (6:00) Inverter Sizing [10 pts]
10/02B 10/05A		work day
9/30A 10/01B	Spice Summary	MOSFET transistors ~~Photolithography: Step by Step (start 1:14)~~ ~~Build a Transistor~~ ~~Step by Step (groups of 2)~~ NMOS Transistor Simulation [10 pts]
Transistor Circuits
9/28A 9/29B	What’s nEEw? Spice Summary	Introduction to a SPICE simulator (ngspice)
9/24B 9/25A	What’s nEEw?	falstad -> Capacitor (Circuits -> Basic -> Capacitor) Capacitors Simulating RC Circuits [10 pts]
9/22B 9/23A	What’s nEEw? Basic Electricity & Ohm’s Law calculator	finish … Light up an LED 3. use TinkerCad instead of fritzing 7. skip
9/18B 9/21A	What’s nEEw?	Light Emitting Diodes (LED) Light up an LED (pairs #1) [10 pts] 3. use TinkerCad instead of fritzing 7. skip next time … Quiz Basic Electricity & Ohm’s Law (for the Quiz) installing & running ngspice
9/16A 9/17B	measuring current What’s nEEw?	finish … Series and Parallel Resistance
9/14A 9/15B	What’s nEEw?	Resistive Circuits & Ohm’s Law Ohm’s Law Practice (optional) Power, Multimeter, Breadboard Arduino 101 (POWER – slides 1-11) Series and Parallel Resistance (pairs #1) [15 pts]
9/10B 9/11A	falstad	Current, Voltage, Resistance lasacs Basic Resistive Circuits [10 pts]
DC Circuits
9/8B 9/9A	Euler	Getting Started teacher lasacs.com courses syllabus Peer Tutors puzzles Women in Tech student survey parent / guardian survey [1 pt] classroom pic1 pic2 fire drill/evacuation: Exit to bus ramp & meet @ pic1 pic2 lasacs.com/ask/222 (bookmark, ?) sign up for Google Classroom First Day [1 pt] [email protected] (put *Period #* and *name* in email subject) BLEND (can you see the class) LASA{CSCLUBS} UIL Competitions/CTFs/NACLO, Cyberpatriot, Online Challenges StudentDrop 💧 TEST What’s nEEw? Moore’s Law, Amdahl’s Law, Dennard Scaling

Microarchitecture (LALU 2.0)

Sequential Logic

Binary Adders

Data Representation – Number Systems

Combinational Logic Circuits

Transistor Circuits

DC Circuits

Getting Started