ECE 275 — Sequential Logic Systems
Fall 2021
Credits: 3 credits
Web page: https://vikasdhiman.info/ECE275-Sequential-Logic
Text: Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design (3rd ed.) by Brown and Vranesic. On a side note: In solidarity with Aaron Swartz, Library Genesis and Sci-Hub statement
Prerequisite: ECE 177
Instructors
Vikas Dhiman
Barrows Hall Rm 105, [email protected]
Office Hours: 4-5:30pm Mondays and Thursdays. Otherwise, please send me an email proposing one of the free slots in my calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/[email protected]&ctz=America/New_York
Pascal Francis-Mezger
13 Barrows, [email protected]
Office hours: (via zoom) tba
Grading:
Grades are based on the following:
- Homework 25%, and Labs 25% – 50% total
- Two mid term exams (about Oct. 6 and about Nov. 8) – 20%
- Project – 30%
There will be no make-ups for missed exams. Plan to be there. Late work – generally not accepted without good reason.
Approximate Course Outline:
- The design process (digital systems, rapid prototyping, etc.)
- Combinational logic (Boolean algebra, truth tables, logic gates, etc.).
- Introduction to CAD tools, Verilog/VHDL.
- Implementation technology (transistor switches, NMOS, CMOS, standard chips, PLD’s, etc.)
- Optimization (K-maps, minimization, incompletely specified functions, multiple output circuits, multilevel networks)
- Number representation and arithmetic circuits.
- Combinational building blocks (multiplexers, demultiplexers, code converters, etc.)
- Simple sequential circuits: flip-flops, registers and counters.
- Synchronous sequential circuits (state diagrams, state tables, Mealy vs. Moore circuits).
- Design of synchronous circuits using CAD tools.
- Analysis of clocked sequential networks.
- State tables (derivation, reduction, and state assignment).
- Finite state machine optimization.
Tests
Tests will be closed book, with one A4 size paper as cheat-sheet allowed. Calculators will neither be needed nor allowed.
Labs
We will have labs throughout the semester. Please attend in person on your assigned lab day. Each student will be provided hardware that can be taken home. By accepting this hardware, the student is agreeing to return the hardware at the end of the semester with shipping pre-paid by the department. University of Maine administrative policy statements
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