DIGITAL ELECTRONICS: FUNDAMENTALS AND LABORATORY

1st module

Introduction to electronic systems: components and basic functions.
Concept of signal and signal processing; analog, digital and binary
representations of information .
Abstraction of physical systems: hierarchy of description levels.
Functional and structural description of digital systems. Analysis and
synthesis processes. Logical networks: definitions and introductory
concepts. Elementary logical operations. Combinational and sequential
systems.
Computer-Aided design tools: schematic entry, simulation.
Design of combinational systems: logic functions and their
implementation, truth tables, Karnaugh maps; equivalent functions:
minimization, algorithms and software tools.
Automatic synthesis of combinational systems. NAND- and NOR-based
synthesis.
Programmable devices: MUX, ROM, PAL, PLA.
Non-idealities: propagation delays, glitches.
Sequential systems: concepts and definitions. Memory elements.
Synchronous and asynchronous sequential networks. Finite state
machines: description, optimization and synthesis.
Design of synchronous systems: algorithms and software tools.
Asynchronous systems: non-idealities, transient effects (glitches, races),
fail-safe design criteria.
Complex functional elements: ALU, registers, counters.

2nd module

Digital Electronics Lab:
- the design flow of digital systems
- Hardware description languages
- Basic concepts and constructs of VHDL
- Formal description of simple combinational and sequential systems
- Simulation