Digital Circuit Design

ECE 327

Instructor: Dr. Ning Weng                   nweng@siu.edu                        EGRE 119

Class website: http://www.engr.siu.edu/~weng/ece327

Lecture:  MWF 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm    EGRA 220

Lab Sec. 1: R 8:00 am to 10:50 am  EGRE 237

Lab Sec. 2: T 2:00 am to 04:50 pm  EGRE 237

Office Hours: MW 2:15 to 3:45 pm or by appointment  

TA: Lucas John Vespa           lukevespa@gmail.com

Text: “Digital Design From Zero to One” by Daniels, Jerry D, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, 1996.

References:

1.      "Digital Logic Circuit Analysis and Design” by Victor P. Nelson, H. Troy Nagle, Bill D. Carroll and David Irwin, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1995.

2.      “Digital Logic Design Principles” by Norman Balabanian, Bradley Carlson, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2000.

Course Topics:

• Review of combinational analysis and design
  
• Introduction to sequential devices
  
• Moore model analysis and design
  
• Mealy model analysis and design
• Modular sequential design
  

Grading:

Exam I           20%
Exam II          20%
Laboratory      20%
Homework       15%
Quizzes            5%
Final Exam       20%

Grades:

        ≥ 90%              A
        ≥ 80% <90%     B
        ≥ 70% <80%     C
        ≥ 60% <70%     D
        < 60%              F

Note: Students are responsible for all announcements made in class or on the Website. Quizzes are announced one class period in advance and posted on the website. No quiz make-up under any circumstances. Late homework is docked 10% per school day up to 50% maximum; however NO homework will be accepted after the solution to it is posted on the Website.  

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