Assumed Knowledge: ELEC1101 Foundations of Computer Systems or ELEC1601 Professional Computer Engineering.

Prohibition: ELEC3601 Digital Systems Design, ELEC3608 Digital Systems Design.

Offered: Semester 1

Classes: 1 hour of lectures per week and 9 three hour labs.

Assessment: Homework 10%, Laboratory 20%, Mid-semester exam 10%, a 2 hour end of semester exam 60%.

This unit of study assumes some knowledge of digital data representation and basic computer organisation.

The following topics are covered: logic operations, theorems and Boolean algebra, number operations (binary, hex, integers and floating point), combinational logic analysis and synthesis, sequential logic, registers, counters, bus systems, state machines, simple CAD tools for logic design, and the design of a simple computer.

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