30.110 Digital Systems Lab¶

No. of Credits: 12 Subject Credits

Pre-requisites: 30.002 Circuits & Electronics

Goal¶

The goal of the subject is for students to get familiar with digital circuit design.

Design a complicated digital system as a member of a small team, and give effective presentations describing design decisions.
Explain the elements of digital system abstractions such as digital logic, Boolean algebra, flip-flops, finite-state machines (FSMs), and microprogrammed systems.
Design simple digital systems based on these digital abstractions, and the “digital paradigm” including discrete, sampled information.
Use basic digital tools and devices such as digital oscilloscopes, PALs, and VHDL.
Work in a design team that can propose, design, successfully implement, and report on a digital circuit design project.
Communicate the purpose and results of a design project in written and oral presentations.

Use Boolean Algebra and resulting logic for control and data paths.
Carry out simple design with basic digital building blocks such as multiplexors, selectors, and shift registers.
Characterize binary signals in terms of: input levels, output levels, and “noise margins”, specifically using the TTL specification.
Design and implement a simple FSM.
Design, implement and program a simple microprogrammed sequencer.
Use component parts, including complex parts, through their specifications.
Use programmable logic parts for implementation of logical component and system realizations.
Use industry standard CAD software that implements VHDL and can be used to program devices
Evaluate a design concept for appropriateness and achievability.
Organize a design concept into specific parts.
Debug and test an implementation of a digital design.
Give oral and written reports on all aspects of a design project.

Morris Mano and Michael D. Ciletti, Digital Design, 5^th edition, Pearson (ISBN-13: 9780132774208), 2013.
H. Katz, G. Borriello, Contemporary Logic Design, 2^nd ed., Prentice Hall (ISBN 0201308576), December 2004.
E. Thomas, P. R. Moorby, The Verilog Hardware Description Language, 5^th ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers (ISBN 1402070896), June 2002.
S. Palnitkar, Verilog HDL, 2^nd ed., Prentice Hall (ISBN 0130449113), 2003.

Attending exam is compulsory.

This set of course notes was graciously shared by Wei Min Cher , updated as of 23 October 2020.

Follow him on GitHub and give him your messages of appreciation!