CSE 140L Winter 2002: wed 545-635pm, CSB 002
Instructor: Isaac Chu, ichu@cs.ucsd.edu or ichu@ece.ucsd.edu

Teaching Assistants
Ricky Huang ideinit_x@yahoo.com
Chris Leong cmleong@ieng9.ucsd.edu
Lam Pham l5pham@ieng9.ucsd.edu
Ethan Chan ecchan@ieng9.ucsd.edu (report grader)
TA office hours will start on 2nd week at APM2444
  • Mon (1-4pm, 430pm-730pm)
  • Tue (10-2pm, 4-6pm)
  • Wed (10-12pm)
  • Thu (10-2pm, 4-530pm)
  • Fri (11-1pm)
  • also check FAQ for further info about report, grading and commonly asked questions.
10th week hours:
  • Mon (11-830pm)*
  • Tue (10-2pm, 4-6pm)
  • Wed (10-12pm)
  • Thu (10-2pm, 4-530pm)
  • Fri (10-4pm)*

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 - (20%) 4-bit adder/subtractor, carry-look-ahead adder, carry select adder, shift register.
    • lab 3 - (20%) finite state machine designs (time bomb counter, complex counter, traffic light control)
    • lab 4 - (20%) datapath and controls.
    • Exam - (20%) covers all topics presented in class and the materials in lab assignments.