Weekly outline

  • General

    • Course Web Page URL

      Important information about the course is at the link above (including assignments and labs).  This moodle page is used mostly for administration and scheduling.

  • August 29 - September 4

    • Course Topics

      • Introduction to course
      • Binary Representations of Information
      • Boolean Algebra

  • September 5 - September 11

    • Course Topics

      • Logic Gates
      • Intro to Verilog

  • September 12 - September 18

    • E15a Laboratory 1 (Combinational Circuits with Verilog)  See below for link to file upload.

      Course Topics

      • Combinational logic building blocks
      • Sequential Logic

  • September 19 - September 25

    • Exam Review: Monday from 7 to 9 pm in SC 199

    • Exam 1 (Tuesday)

      E15a Laboratory 1 (Combinational Circuits with Verilog)

      Course Topics

      • Gate Level minimization


  • September 26 - October 2

    • E15a Laboratory 2 (Behavioral description of combinational circuits)

      Course Topics

      • Sequential Logic - the D flip flop

      • Sequential Building Blocks


  • October 3 - October 9

    • E15a Laboratory 2 (Behavioral description of combinational circuits)

      Course Topics

      • State Machines
      • Verilog for State Machines


  • October 10 - October 16

    • Fall Break

  • October 17 - October 23

    • E15b Laboratory 1 - Soldering and introduction to programming

      E15a Exam 2, Thursday, October 20th 

      If you are taking E15b, but not E15a, Thursday October 20th will be first lecture for E15b (Number Systems, Binary, Hex...).

      E15a course topic: Designing a simple computer.