Digital systems

What it covers

This unit introduces you to modern logic design techniques, hardware used and common representations. Topics include two and multi-level combinational logic, decoders, multiplexers, arithmetic circuits, programmable and steering logic, flip-flops, registers, counters, RAM and ROM. Using this hardware the design component will include finite state machine design and applications to computer data path control. This will incorporate simple analogue and digital I/O interfacing. Programmable logic devices will be covered, and the use of a hardware description language for describing, synthesising and testing digital logic. Laboratories cover logic design, implementation, and testing.

Assessment

Hurdle tasks must be passed regardless of your overall mark.

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