CSE370: Introduction to Digital Design

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Introductory course in digital logic and its specification and simulation. Boolean algebra, combinational circuits including arithmetic circuits and regular structures, sequential circuits including finite-state-machines, use of programmable logic devices. Simulation and high-level specification techniques are emphasized.

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Contemporary Logic Design (2nd Edition) Randy H. Katz, Gaetano Borriello 2004, Prentice-Hall/Pearson ISBN: 0201308576

Understanding of digital logic at the gate and switch level including both combinational and sequential logic elements. Understanding of the clocking methodologies necessary to manage the flow of information and preservation of circuit state. An appreciation for the specification methods used in designing digital logic and the basics of the compilation process that transforms these specifications into logic networks. Facility with computer-aided design tools for digital logic design with programmable logic devices as the implementation technology. To begin to appreciate the difference between hardware and software implementations of a function and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Introduction: 1 lecture Combinational Logic: 4 lectures Working with Combinational Logic: 3 lectures Combination Logic Examples: 4 lectures Sequential Logic: 3 lectures: Implementation Technologies: 3 lectures Hardware Description Languages: 2 lectures Finite State Machines: 4 lectures Sequential Logic Examples: 3 lectures Computer Organization: 3 lectures

Meetings: 3 1-hour lectures per week, 1 laboratory section (3 hours) per week Assignments: weekly written assignments with a larger project as the last assignment Laboratory: use of computer-aided design tools for aspects of almost every assignment

(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering

(c) an ability to design a computing system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability

(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve computer engineering problems

(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern computer engineering tools necessary for engineering practice

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