CSE2306/1308 Digital Logic

Unit Objectives

• have knowledge of number systems used to represent information in digital systems and related arithmetic operations
• understand the structure and behaviour of basic building blocks of digital systems, namely, gates, latches and flip-flops
• understand design methods of unstructured and structured combinational circuits
• understand the structure, behaviour and the design method of asynchronous and synchronous sequential circuits
• understand the structure, behaviour and the design method of simple processors consisting of a datapath and control unit
• have knowledge of a hardware description language and its application in the digital design
• have knowledge of commertial computer-aid-design tools

Unit Content

• Binary Number Systems
• Boolean Algebra and Logic Gates
• Decoders and multiplexers
• Unstructured combinational logic. Gate-Level Minimization
• Hardware description language
• Structured Combinational Logic. n-bit adders, number system converters
• Sequential circutis and their representations.
• Asynchronous sequential circuits. Latches and Flip-Flops
• Synchronous sequential circuits. Registers and Counters
• Simple processors: datapath and control unit
• Word-serial multiplication processor.

Prescribed textbook

Assessment

• Practical works and assignments: 45%
• End of semester exam: 55%

Workload Requirement

• lectures: 2 hours of lectures per week
• practical classes: 2 hours per week
• tutorials: 1 hour per week
• assignments: 3 per semester
• self study: 4 hrs a week