Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
EECE 220: Digital System Design
Course Guide
1. Course Details
- Level: Juniors
- Co-requisite: EECE 210
- Lecture Times: SMW 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Room: Q 109
- Office Hours: TBA
- Student Study Hours Per Week: 9
- Contact Hours Per Week: 3
- Private Study Hours Per Week: 6
- AY / Semester: 2008– 2009 / Fall
- Professor: Dr. I. Damaj
- Contact Details: i_damaj@du.edu.om
- Professor's Website: http://www.idamaj.net
- Summary of Assessment Method: Quizzes, pop quizzes, assignments, project and presentation, and a final exam
- Software Packages: MultiSim, Quartus II.
- Textbook: Digital Fundamentals with PLD Programming: 1/e © 2006 | Prentice Hall ISBN-10: 0131701886, ISBN-13: 9780131701885. Thomas Floyd.
- Reference: Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals, 3rd edition updated, M. Morris Mano and Charles R. Kime, Prentice Hall, 2004.
2. Aims of the Course:
This course covers the following topics: logic gates, binary number systems, conversion between number systems, Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps, combinational logic, digital logic design, flip-flops, programmable logic devices (PLDs), counters, registers, memories, and state machines.
3. Catalog Description:
A course that deals with number systems and codes, combinational circuit analysis, synthesis and practices; minimization methods, sequential logic design principles, latches and flip-flops, synchronous circuits, state machines, and an introduction to VHDL. Co-requisite: EECE 210. Annually.
4. Schedule
| Details | Topic | Chapter No. | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 - 3 | Digital Computers and Information | 1 | |
| Weeks 3 - 5 | Combinational Logic Circuits | 2 | |
| Weeks 6 - 8 | Combinational Logic Design | 3 | Quiz I (Week 8) |
| Weeks 9 - 11 | Combinational Functions and Circuits | 4 | |
| Week 12 | Arithmetic Functions and Circuits | 5 | Quiz II (Week 12) |
| Weeks 13 - 16 | Sequential Circuits, Registers and Counters | 6 | Project Due |
5. Assessment of the Course
| Attendance | 5% |
| Pop quizzes, assignments, tutorials, and project | 15% |
| Quiz I | 25% |
| Quiz II | 25% |
| Final | 30% |
6. Announcements
[Dec 29, 2008] Chapters 5 and 6 are posted.
[Nov 30, 2008] Chapters 4 is posted
[Nov 1, 2008] Chapters 3 is posted.
[Oct 15, 2008] Chapters 2 is posted.
[Sep 15, 2008] Chapters 1 is posted.
[Sep 13, 2008] Welcome to course website.