CSE 140, Fall 2014 : Components and Design Techniques for Digital Systems

Latest Announcements

10/23: Midterm 1 Review Session on 10/25 1PM-1:50PM WLH2005
10/16: HW2 is posted
10/09: Discussion room changed to Center 115
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11/06: HW3 is posted
11/13: Two more exercises before Midterm 2 are posted under Exams
11/13: Midterm 2 Review Session on 11/15 1PM-1:50PM WLH2005
11/20: HW4 is posted
12/03: Midterm 1 and 2 can be picked at Howard's Office CSE2146
12/06: Midterm 3 Review Session on 12/06 1PM-1:50PM WLH2001.
12/11: Midterm 3

Overview

CSE 140 is an undergraduate course in Digital Design Techniques. It must be taken together with CSE 140L. The goals of the course are:

To understand the digital hardware abstraction and basic logic gates
To understand the theoretical underpinnings of digital design: in particular the application of Boolean Algebra and Finite State Machines in the design of Combinational and Sequential Logic Circuits
To understand the digital components and building blocks that make up the microarchitectue of modern computers

Course Details

Lectures: TuTh 12:30PM to 1:50PM, PCYNH 106
Discussion: M 7:00PM to 7:50PM, CENTER 115
Discussion Forum : Piazza
Grades will be posted on GradeSource

Course Staff

Instructors

Name	Section	Email	Office	Office Hours
CK Cheng	00B	ckcheng@ucsd.edu	EBU3B 2130	Mon 11:30AM-12:20PM, Thu 10:30AM-11:20AM

Teaching Assistants

Name	Email	Office	Office Hours
Dao Dinh Lam	d2lam@ucsd.edu	B250A (CSE Building Basement)	Mon 2:00PM-3:00PM, Extra OH Wed (12/10) 3:30PM-5:30PM
Hao Zhuang (Howard)	hao.zhuang@cs.ucsd.edu Office: CSE2146	CSE3109 (CSE Building 3rd Floor)	Tue 2:00PM-4:00PM, Extra OH Tue (12/9) 2:00PM-6:00PM
Ilgweon Kang	i1kang@eng.ucsd.edu	CSE2217 (CSE Building 2nd Floor)	Wed 11:00AM-12:00PM, Fri 12:00PM-1:00PM, Extra OH Wed (12/10) 6:00PM-10:00PM

Tutors

Name	Email	Office	Office Hours
Patrick Hsu	pthsu@ucsd.edu	CSE Building Basement (Hallway)	Wed 12:00PM-1:00PM, Extra OH Wed (12/10) 12:00PM-2:00PM
Mingshan Wang	miw034@ucsd.edu	CSE Building Basement (Hallway)	Fri 9:00AM-10:00AM, Extra OH Tue (12/09) 9:30AM-11:30AM
Linda Shih	lishih@ucsd.edu	CSE Building Basement (Hallway)	Tue 10:00AM-11:00AM, Extra OH Tue (12/9) 10:00AM-12:00PM
Frankie Liu	frankieliu@ucsd.edu	CSE Building Basement (Hallway)	Fri 1:00PM-2:00PMm, Extra OH Mon (12/8) 12:00PM-2:00PM

Course Policies

Collaboration

Students are encouraged to talk to each other, to the course staff, or to anyone else about any of the assignments. Assistance must be limited to discussion of the problem and sketching general approaches to a solution. Each student must write out his or her own solutions to the homework.

Each student is responsible for knowing and abiding by UCSD's policies on Integrity of Scholarship and the Jacobs School Student Honor Code.

Late Policy

No late submission will be accepted.