Digital Electronics

	Digital Electronics
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Date	Notes	Class Activities
5/25	end of 9 weeks
3/10	end of 9 weeks
???		soldering
		Amid challenges, chipmaker AMD … clock skew effect Microarchitecture Introduction Registers R0 & R1 Registers [5 pts] Test Registers [5 pts]
Microarchitecture (LALU)
2/6A 2/7B		finish Sequential Logic Unit M ax Frequency [2 pts 2/10]
2/2B 2/3A		Path Delay Path Delay simulations [5pts 2/8] Q1-Q4 [70%, 80%,90%,100%]
1/31B 2/1A
1/27B 1/30A	Binary Addition & Subtraction 4-func calculator	once again … Flip-Flops (setup, hold, clk-to-q, spice, demo)
1/25A 1/26B		Flip-Flops Latch & Flip-Flop timing [5 pts 2/6] answer sheet D Flip-Flop simulations 1-4 (pair – pick your partner) [10 pts 2/6]
1/23A 1/24B	Spice Summary	Latches ( slides 1-3, 11-17 only) BONUS D-latch simulations 1 & 2 [2 pts 1/31] BONUS D-latch simulations 3 & 4 [2 pts 1/31] workday
Sequential Logic
1/19B 1/20A		Overflow Two Ways [2 pts 1/27]
1/17B 1/18A	weird number 2s comp oddities	Part 2 using your CSA adder [100%] Binary Addition & Subtraction [5 pts 1/26] answer sheet
1/12B 1/13A		With a partner – make a copy of What to add? What to add? (solution & questions) Binary Subtraction & Overflow 16-bit Adder & Subtractor [15 pts 1/24] Part 1 using logisim adder [70%]
1/10B 1/11A	fabs in Austin	Comparison Between Various Types of Adder Topologies look @ references Carry Lookahead Adder [5 pts 1/18] CLA C4 #1 [70%] CLA C4 #2 [90%] CLA C4 #3 [100%]

12/21	end of 9 weeks
12/16B 12/19A		Midterm Exam (Open “notes” – slides and labs) [70pts] 31 multiple choice (2.5pts each, 77.5pts possible) question banks for multiple choice [30 pts] 6 short answer (5pts each, partial credit)
12/15B	extra B day
12/13B 12/14A		Wrap up 9 weeks Make an Ethernet Cable [3 pts]
12/09B 12/12A		Standard Cells finish … 8/16-bit Carry Select Adder
12/09B 12/12A	hack-a-day PFLASA post	Carry Select Adder 8-bit Carry Select Adder 16-bit Carry Select Adder [15 pts] [80%: adds, 90%: ~timing, 100%: correct]
⮟ last assignments for this 9 weeks ⮝ first assignments for next 9 weeks
12/07A 12/08B	types of engineering oden	Multiplexers [10 pts 12/15] 4-to-1 Mux #1 4-to-1 Mux #2
12/05A 12/06B		Finish ripple carry adders
12/01B 12/02A		Ripple Carry Adder 4-bit Ripple Carry Adder 8-bit Ripple Carry Adder [10 pts 12/13] [80%: adds, 90%: ~timing, 100%: correct] 4 bit-adder Domino Video Domino Adder (13:22 adder)
11/29B 11/30A	Logic, Truth Tables, Karnaugh Maps, etc	Boolean Algebra Practice Quiz MIDTERM topics Intel FDIV bug Hubble KC Challenger
11/28A		Full Adder Optimization FAopt1 & FAopt2 [5 pts 12/5] Boolean Logic [5 pts 12/5] answer sheet

11/18B		Full Adder Optimization FAopt1 & FAopt2 [5 pts 12/5] Boolean Logic [5 pts 12/5] answer sheet
11/16A 11/17B	Timing & Labels	Half & Full Adders [10 pts 12/1] FA0 [70%] FA1 [90%] XOR equivalence [95%] Sum & Count equivalence [100%]
Binary Adders
11/14A 11/15B	minimum clicks Nov 15, 1971	continue … 4-input 7-Segment 0-9 Domino INV, AND, XOR gates (6:05-9:52)
11/11A	extra A-day
11/09A 11/10B		Karnaugh Maps 4-input 7-Segment 0-9 [15 pts 11/28] answer sheet (make copy, don’t turn in) 7- Segment 0-9 Minimization answer sheet (make copy, don’t turn in) 2. SOP circuit [75%] 3a. DeMorgan circuit [90%] 3b. DeMorgan minus 2 gates [100%] 4. timing from 6 to 7 [BONUS + 2pts]
11/04B 11/07A		finish … 2-input 7-segment 0-3
11/02A 11/03B		Boolean Algebra (Part2 33-end) Practice (with a partner) 2-input 7-Segment 0-3 (pairs #6) [15 pts 11/14] simulate simplified logic circuit simulate min-transistor circuit [70%] simulate 74xx circuit [85%] build min-transistor circuit [100%]
10/31A 11/01B	SOP logo	Boolean Algebra (Part1 1-32) NAND game2 – apply DeMorgan’s to the XOR gate so it takes only 16 transistors (finish all circuits up to XOR) LASACS DeMorgan’s BONUS for +2 pts minimize & build circuit for LASACS (74xx)
10/27B 10/28A	Binary & Hex Conversion 4-func calculator [14 pts]	CMOS Logic Gates (from previous unit) Truth Table “hex” Values #2 finish … LASACS 7-Segment Truth Table [5 pts 11/4] answer sheet
10/25B 10/26A		Truth Tables & Boolean Expressions Truth Table “hex” Values #1 LASACS 7-Segment [10 pts 11/4] SOP LASACS truth table [70%] Partly Simplified [90%] DeMorgan’s (in next lecture) [100%]
10/21B 10/24A		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 XOR lab [5 pts 10/31] XOR symbol & circuit [80%] NAND game1 – XOR (INV/AND/OR only) [100%]
10/19A 10/20B	Transistors Inverters Buffers Spice [14 pts]	7 Segment Displays 7-segment Displays 7-segment Arduino 0-F (pairs #5) [10 pts 10/31] truth table circuit [90%] logic analyzer [100%]
10/17A 10/18B	odometer calculator “The Martian” hexadecimal scene	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 Hex to Binary Shortcut Number Conversion worksheet answer key [5 pts 10/25] Radiolab Bit Flip (1:01 – 10:50) whole podcast
Combinational Logic Circuits
10/13	end of 9 weeks
10/10A 10/13B	What’s nEEw?	NAND and NOR gates (Part B)
10/12C		C-day
10/07A 10/11B	What’s nEEw?	NAND and NOR gates (Part A) NAND gate simulation (pairs #4) [10 pts 10/19] NOR gate simulation (ind) [BONUS +3 pts 10/19]
10/05A 10/06B	What’s nEEw?	LASA{CS}ASK 7404 Hex Inverters 7404 circuits – inverter & ring oscillator (groups) [10 pts 10/17]
⮟ last assignments for this 9 weeks ⮝ first assignments for next 9 weeks
10/03A 10/04B	What’s nEEw? garage chips video	capacitance time & current How do they make Silicon Wafers and Computer Chips (0:41-8:30) Ring Oscillator Ring Oscillator simulation [2 pts 10/11]
9/29B 9/30A	What’s nEEw?	How Intel Makes a Chip (3:11) Buffers Buffer simulation [5 pts 10/7]
9/27B 9/28A	What’s nEEw?	Inverter Design & Simulation Inverter Simulations (pairs #3) [10 pts 10/5 ]
9/23B 9/26A	What’s nEEw?	NMOS & PMOS transistors How does a transistor work? (6:00) Inverter Sizing (version 1) [5 pts 10/3]
9/21A 9/22B	What’s nEEw? spice summary & debug	MOSFET Transistor (How It Works) Transistor Evolution NMOS Transistor Simulation [5 pts 9/29]
9/10A 9/20B	What’s nEEw?	MOSFET transistors (Introduction) Falstad circuit (students open) Photolithography: Step by Step (start 1:14) Building chips in a garage (video) Build a Transistor out of Play Doh Step by Step (groups of 2 or 3)
Transistor Circuits
9/15B 9/16A	What’s nEEw? LEDs & Capacitors [11 pts] review 1, 2, 3, 4 know k,m,u,n,p,f google calculator	finish up … DC Circuits unit
9/13B 9/14A	What’s nEEw?	continue Arduino 101 (pairs #2) Project 5 [90%] Project 6 [95%] Project 7a or 7b [97.5%] 7a and 7b [100%]
9/09B 9/12A	What’s nEEw?	Arduino 101 (ind) [5 pts 9/19] Project 1 Arduino 101 (pairs #2) [15 pts 9/23] Project 2 [50%] Project 3 [70%] Project 4 [80%]
9/07A 9/08B	What’s nEEw? clean up virutal oscilloscope capturing oscilloscope screen	Arduino 101 (Get Started) Oscilloscopes Using an Oscilloscope (groups of 3) [10 pts 9/19]
9/02A 9/06B	series or parallel What’s nEEw? spice summary & debug arduino issues	installing ngspice Introduction to a Spice simulator (ngspice) finish … Simulating RC Circuits (ind) ngspice
8/31A 9/01B	What’s nEEw?	finish … Light up an LED Capacitors Inductors (for reference only) Simulating RC Circuits (ind) [10 pts 9/13] Desmos ngspice (next time)
8/29A 8/30B	What’s nEEw? Electricity, Resistive Circuits, Multimeter, Breadboard calculator MEASURING	Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) add “measure the Arduino voltage” to lab. Light up an LED (pairs #1) [10 pts 9/6] LED Datasheet
8/25B 8/26A	What’s nEEw? breadboard 5:00 – 8:45 MEASURING	GoSoapBox #2 (link is restricted before this date) finish … Series and Parallel Resistance
8/23B 8/24A	What’s nEEw? MEASURING	GoSoapBox #1 (link is restriced before this date) Tinkercad (Introduction) Series and Parallel Resistance (pairs #1) [15 pts 8/31]
8/19B 8/22A	breadboard 1:15 – 4:30 MEASURING	Arduino 101 (POWER – slides 1-11) Resistive Circuits & Ohm’s Law Ohm’s Law Practice (optional) Power, Multimeter, Breadboard
8/17A 8/18B		Reporting Values Current, Voltage, Resistance lasacs falstad circuit simulator (demo) Basic Resistive Circuits [10 pts 8/25]
DC Circuits
8/15A 8/16B		Getting Started teacher lasacs.com courses hack-a-day syllabus peer tutors puzzles PFLASA post Women in Tech & Engineering seating chart register for Google Classroom Room 506 (hall pass, lost & found, fake plant?, scratch paper) [email protected] (put *Period #* and *name* in email subject) BLEND (Can you see class? Turn off Color Overlay!!!) LASA{CS} CLUBS UIL Competitions/CTFs/NACLO, Cyberpatriot, Online Challenges Class Textbook What’s nEEw? evacuation route evacuation meetup location A Crisis in Engineering Education – Where are the Microelectronics Engineers? Moore’s Law, Amdahl’s Law, Dennard Scaling Binary in the real world Energy Stick

Microarchitecture (LALU)

Sequential Logic

Binary Adders

7 Segment Displays

Data Representation – Number Systems

Combinational Logic Circuits

Transistor Circuits

DC Circuits

Getting Started