DIGITAL ELECTRONICS: FUNDAMENTALS AND LABORATORY (MODULE 2)

INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE (2 h)

INTRODUCTION TO MATLAB AND SIMULINK (10 h)
- Variables and Workspace in MATLAB;
- Figure tool;
- Digital circuits modeled with Simulink to simulate transients with inputs changing over the time;
- Fundamentals blocks of Simulink, as Logical Operator, Constant, Signal Builder and Scope.
- Exercises implementing different digital circuits.

INTRODUTION TO PROGRAMMABLE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS (4 h):
- Microcontrollers and microprocessors;
- Reference web sites;
- Arduino UNO specifications;
- Other programmable development boards;
- Introduction to shields;
- Introduction to Thinkercad.

PROGRAMMING AND SIMULATING WITH ARDUINO (2 h):
- download and installation of the IDE programmer;
- the bootloader; the sketch (loop and setup);
- Hello Led! (first example of programming).

MODELS TO SIMULATE COMBINATORIAL AND SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS (6 h):
- Implementation of combinatorial and sequential circuits with Arduino.