PHYS 217: Digital Electronics -- Spring 2014

HH = Horowitz and Hill: The Art of Electronics
 B = Barnaal: Digital and Microprocessor Electronics for Scientific Application
AW = from http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/~awhitten/phys217.html
 P = problems.pdf
EM = http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/217/electric_measurement.pdf

Note: "thru" and "-" mean through and including, so a reading assignment of 
"12.2-12.3" means read all of both sections, including, for example, section 12.3.9

Topic Basic stuff:
EM: read all; problems 8, 9, 10, 15, 20
IF you have not completed PHYS 370:
do the pre-lab exercise described on p.8 (same as problem 19, p. 15): turn it in
before the first lab!
HH: Read thru 1.03, 1.25, 1.32-1.34 (Resistors)  + Appendix A

Topic: Binary/octal/hex bases and conversion:
AW: number-systems-sol.pdf (under "In-Class Activity Solutions")

HH: Read 8.03; Exercises: 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
P: 1-4

Topic: Gates:
HH: thru: 8.04

Topic: Boolean Algebra
AW: logic-applications-sol.pdf  (under "In-Class Activity Solutions")

HH: 8.12; Exercise: 8.12
P: 5,10,11,12

---above due Monday 20-Jan---

Topic: Some chip details for lab:
HH: p.475, Figures: 9.2, 9.3b, 9.4, Table 9.2

Topic: Protoboard/breadboard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiqNaSPTI7w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq9XMNsoAd8

Topic: given a truth table, express it as a simple boolean expression.
minterm=SOP, maxterm=POS
Karnaugh maps=K-map

Read HH: 8.13

HW:
HH Exercise: 8.13, 8.14 (p.493)
P: 14,39a-e, 
old exam (2008/217t1_08.pdf) 3,8

print out the file: http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/217/7segs.pdf
which shows 7 K-maps (for driving each segment a-g of a 7 segment display,
see 7-segments.html for further info) from an inputted
4-bit binary number: ABCD.  In 7segs.pdf the don't care states are 
shaded green (FYI: they correspond to unneeded binary numbers beyond 9, like 10=1010).
Directly on your hardcopy label/report what Boolean expression is
represented by each circled block of 1s.

Topic: standard packaged functions: (HH 8.14)
decoders, (priority) encoder
multiplexers, demultiplexers
analog switches (CMOS)
arithmetic chips: adders, comparators, floating point processors

Topic: a (very small) bit about the inside of ICs
Read: HH 9-9.02

P: 8,9

Topic: sequential logic (HH 8.16-8.17)
Flip FLops: SR, D, JK
edge and level triggering

problems.pdf: 43,44,17-18, 20


---above due Monday 27-Jan---

Topic: tricky truth tables: HH 8.15

P: 40

Topic: Some chip details for lab: tri-state, open-collector
HH: read: 8.10-8.11
switch bounce: HH p.576

Topic: design a circuit that follows any given state diagram
HH: 8.18-8.19

HW: HH: Exercises: 8.24, 8.25, old exam: #5, #6, #7

Topic: sequential logic: standard packaged functions: (HH 8.24-8.28)
registers, counters, shift registers

problems.pdf: 33



---above due Monday 3-Feb---

Topic: intro to how computers work (take PHYS 358 for hands on work)

Topic: programmable logic: RAM, ROM, PLA, etc
HH: p.501-504, 8.27 (skim)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_logic_devices

Topic: microprocessors
HH 10-10.3, 11-11.03 (super skim)

P: 36 Y-g (provide a sentence defining these terms)

Topic: analog meets digital

Topic: comparators, Schmitt triggers
HH 9.05-9.07, 4.23-4.24
P: 27

---above due Monday 10-Feb---
HELP Mon 10-Feb 7;15pm
Exam Wed 12-Feb (does not include programmable devices or analog-meets-digital)

Topic: timing chips: 121 (HH p. 517-521), 555 (HH section 5.15), VCO (HH section 5.15)
P: 28,29,32

Topic: quartz oscillators HH 5.19

Topic: period and frequency meters HH p. 1019-21

Topic: DAC & ADC
HH 9.15-9.23 (skim 9.16-9.17)
HH p.625-627

---above due Monday 17-Feb---

P. 30,31

Topic: transducers
HH ch.15 thru 15.11 to get an overview of available transducers

P. 34, 51

---above due Monday 24-Feb---

Topic: Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

Wiki: 
Discrete Fourier transform (skim: a bit too detailed/mathematical for our needs)
Z-transform (skim: way too detailed/mathematical for our needs)
Digital signal processing
Digital filter
Finite impulse response
Infinite impulse response

digital_filter.pdf (I believe written by Iain A. Robin; found at ucdavis.edu)

P: 35, 53, 54

Note: you should be thinking about your digital design project!

---above due Monday 10-March---

Final Exam: Friday 14-March
Help: Thursday 13-March 4pm
all 217 lab work due by Tuesday 25-March (Analog Labs start)
No labs in Analog week of 17-March