ECEn 224
Fall 2009 Class Schedule

Date Day Class
No.
Title Reading
Chapters
Lecture
Notes
HW Lab Exam
 
 
8/31 Mon 1Introduction to Digital Systems1 INTRO
INTRO2
  No
Lab
 
9/2 Wed 2Boolean Algebra 1 3 BA1    
9/4 Fri 3Gates 1 4 GATES1 HW #1  
9/7 Mon HOLIDAY Intro
to
Lab
 
9/9 Wed 4Boolean Algebra 2 5 BA2    
9/11 Fri 5Gates 2 6 GATES2 HW #2  
9/14 Mon 6Karnaugh Maps 1 7 KM  Lab #1  
9/16 Wed 7Karnaugh Maps 2 7 KM   
9/18 Fri 8Multiplexers 9.1-9.4 MUX HW #3  
9/21 Mon 9Decoders and ROMs 9.5-9.8 MUX  Lab #2  
9/23 Wed 10Number Systems 2, 8.1-8.5 NUMBERS    
9/25 Fri 11Arithmetic Circuits 8.6-8.7 ARTH HW #4  
9/28 Mon 12Structural Verilog Appx. A VERILOG1   Lab #3 
9/30 Wed 13Gate Delays and Timing Analysis10 TANLYS    
10/2 Fri 14Programmable Logic Arrays   PLA HW #5  
10/5 Mon 15SR Latches and D Latches 11.1-11.2 LATCH  Lab #4  
10/7 Wed 16 Exam 1 Review (Optional)       Exam 1
Lectures 1-10
10/9 Fri 17Master/Slave Flip Flops 11.3, 11.5-11.6 MSFF HW #6
10/12 Mon 18 Flip-Flop Timing Analysis
and Synchronous Timing
11.4 MSFF  Lab #5 
10/14 Wed 19 Registers and Register Files 12 REGISTERS   
10/16 Fri 20 Dataflow Verilog Appx. B VERILOG2 HW #7 
10/19 Mon 21 Counters13 COUNTERS   Lab #6  
10/21 Wed 22 Counters with Inputs,
Mealy/Moore Machines
14 COUNTERSI    
10/23 Fri 23 State Graphs 15 STATEGRAPHS HW #8  
10/26 Mon 24 Finite State Machines 16 FSM   Lab #7  
10/28 Wed 25 One-Hot State Machine Encoding 17 ONEHOT    
10/30 Fri 26 Cascaded Counters   CASCNT HW #9  
11/2 Mon 27 Exam 2 Review (Optional)       Lab #8  
11/4 Wed 28 LC-3 Review 124 Text Ch. 5 LC3-1   Exam #2
Lectures 11-22
11/6 Fri 29 LC-3 Architecture 124 Text Ch. 5 LC3-1 HW #10
11/9 Mon 30 LC-3 Datapath 124 Text Ch. 5 LC3-2   Lab #9  
11/11 Wed 31 Asynchronous Inputs 18 ASYNCH    
11/13 Fri 32 Design Example: UART   UART HW #11  
11/16 Mon 33 LC-3 Control 124 Text
Appendix A
LC3-3
LC3-DC
  Lab #10  
11/18 Wed 34 Microsequencers  uSEQ    
11/20 Fri 35 FPGAs 19 FPGA HW #12  
11/23 Mon 36 Exam 3 Review (Optional)       No Lab  
11/24 Tue 37 Design Example: Multiplier   MULT    
11/25 Wed   HOLIDAY        
11/27 Fri   HOLIDAY        
11/30 Mon 38 Design Example: Soda Machine 20.2 SODA HW #13 Lab #11  
12/2 Wed 39 Design Example: Soda Machine 20.2 SODA   Exam #3
Lectures  23-33
12/4 Fri 40 Design Example: Debouncer 20.1 DEBOUNCE  
12/7 Mon 41 Silicon Design   SILICON   Lab #12  
12/9 Wed 42 Review        
12/11 Fri   Reading Day         
12/12 Sat   Reading Day          
12/14 Mon   Finals         Final Exam
Comprehensive

In the
Testing Center
12/15 Tue   Finals        
12/16 Wed   Finals        
12/17 Thu   Finals        
12/18 Fri   Finals