CSE 140L Fall 2001: wed 545-635pm, CENTER HALL 216
Instructor: Isaac Chu, ichu@cs.ucsd.edu or ichu@ece.ucsd.edu
Office hour @apm2331 tue/thu 11am-noon & by appointment

Teaching Assistants
Ricky Huang ideinit_x@yahoo.com
Chris Leong cmleong@ieng9.ucsd.edu
Ethan Chan ecchan@ieng9.ucsd.edu
Lam Pham l5pham@ieng9.ucsd.edu
TA office hours will start on 2nd week at APM2444
  • Mon (12-7pm)
  • Tue (10-1pm)
  • Wed (10-5pm)
  • Thu (1-4pm)
  • also check FAQ for further info about report, grading and commonly asked questions.
Note: 10th week lab hours:
  • Mon (12-7pm)
  • Tue (11-1pm)
  • Wed (10-5pm)
  • Thu (11-6pm)
  • Fri (2:30-4:30pm)
  • Lab4: Make sure you have an overflow bit output to indicate an overflow in 4-bit addition. Use positive numbers only (0-15).
There will be an exam in class on lab4 on the 10th week, bring a blue book with you!

Objective of this course is to introduce digital components & provide hands-on experiences in building digital circuits using computer aided design (CAD) software. Xilinx V2.1 program is the primary software tool which will be used.

Course work:

  • There will be 4 labs (computer simulations & report write-up).
  • Work in a group of two. One report per group.

    Grading

    • lab 1 - (20%) adder, gray-code encoder/decoder, and MUX.
    • lab 2 - (25%) 4-bit adder/subtractor, carry-look-ahead adder, carry select adder.
    • lab 3 - (25%) state machine designs (traffic light control, complex counter, door combination lock)
    • lab 4 - (30%) datapath & controls (including an exam in class about lab 4)