CSE 140, Spring 2021 : Components and Design Techniques for Digital Systems

Latest Announcements

3/30: HW1 is posted
4/7: HW2 is posted
4/16: Links of previous exams are posted under directory: Exams
4/25: Midterm 1 is posted under the Assignments tab.
4/29: HW3 is posted. The due date is Wednesday 5/12/21.
4/29: Exam 2: Take-home (10AM Sunday 5/16 - 10AM Tuesday 5/18).
4/29: Exam 3: Take-home (2:30PM Saturday 6/5 - 2:30PM Monday 6/7).
5/20: HW4 is posted. The due date is Wednesday 6/2/21.

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: 1230PM-150PM TTH
Discussion: 3PM-350PM F
Discussion Forum : Piazza
Grades will be posted on GradeSource

Course Staff

Instructors

Name	Email	Office	Office Hours
CK Cheng	ckcheng+140@ucsd.edu	Zoom link posted on Canvas	3-4PM Monday, 2-3PM Wednesday

Teaching Assistants

The office hour schedule and zoom links are posted on Piazza.

Name	Email	Office	Office Hours
Abraham, Elizabeth	eabraham@ucsd.edu
Holtz, Chester	chholtz@ucsd.edu
Hsu, Po-Ya	p8hsu@ucsd.edu
Ravindrakumar, Vaishakh	varavind@ucsd.edu
Wu, (Connie) Yen-Yi	yew001@ucsd.edu

Tutors

The office hour schedule and zoom links are posted on Piazza.

Name	Email	Office	Office Hours
Jang, (Tim) Wonsuk	w1jang@ucsd.edu
Serrano, Evan	e1serran@ucsd.edu

Course Policies

Collaboration

Students are encouraged to talk to each other, to the course staff, or to anyone else about any of the assignments. However, 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

10% deduction for each day until the solution is posted.