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| Week | Topics | Reading | Homework | Comments | ||
| 1 | Th | 09/25 | Boolean Algebra | Ch 3.1-3.3, 3.5-3.6 | ||
| 2 | Tu | 09/30 | Two-level logic | Ch 4.1-4.3 | ||
| Th | 10/02 | Two-level logic | Ch 4.4 | Set 1: Ch 4.4abcd, 4.6abcd, 4.7abcd, 4.8abcd | ||
| 3 | Tu | 10/07 | Hazard-free minimization | Ch 4.7, Ch 3.4 | Set 1: Ch 4.19 | |
| Th | 10/09 | Multi-level logic | Set 1: additional problems | |||
| 4 | Tu | 10/14 | Addition, negative number representation | Ch 5.1, Ch 2.5 |
Homework set 1 due (Solution) |
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| Th | 10/16 | Exam in class | Midterm 1 | |||
| 5 | Tu | 10/21 | Subtraction, carry look ahead, ALUs, decoders, muxes ... | Ch 2.6, Ch 5.2-5.7 | Set 2: Ch 5.14 (design 4-bit comparators using bit slices) | |
| Th | 10/23 | Critical path analysis | Set 2: additional problems | |||
| 6 | Tu | 10/28 | No class | |||
| Th | 10/30 | Finite state machines | Ch 6.7-6.9, 6.11 | Set 2: Ch 6.10, 6.11, 6.19a, 6.21 | ||
| 7 | Tu | 11/04 | Finite state machines | |||
| Th | 11/06 | Finite state machines | HW2 due in Mon 11/10 discussion section | |||
| 8 | Tu | 11/11 | No class | Veteran's Day | ||
| Th | 11/13 | Exam in class | Midterm 2 | |||
| 9 | Tu | 11/18 | Control-path/data-path | |||
| Th | 11/20 | Flip flop designs, registers, memories | ||||
| 10 | Tu | 11/25 | State minimization | Ch 6.10 |
Suggested problems
Ch 6.12, 6.19 (Don't need to turn in) |
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| Th | 11/27 | No class | Thanksgiving | |||
| 11 | Tu | 12/02 |
State minimization
Review |
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| Th | 12/04 |
Wrap up and
looking ahead |
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| 12 | Fr | 12/12 | 3:00-6:00pm | Final Exam |