Course Outcomes

Realize a Boolean expression with electronic switches and DeMorgan equivalent gates using a basic schematic design and simulation environment.  

Simplify Boolean expressions in product-of-sums (POS) and sum-of-products (SOP) forms using Karnaugh Maps.  

Implement encoders, decoders and multiplexers using basic gates (including pass gates).  

Use basic design tools to analyze first-order combinatorial logic delay and energy dissipation. 

Express signed, unsigned, fixed-point and floating-point values in binary representations. 

Perform signed and unsigned addition and subtraction, observing errors.  

Implement latches and registers and use in state machines and register files.  

Implement toggle cells for designing divide-by-N counters.  

Analyze sequential logic timing and power consumption using different tools.  

Design storage systems using memory arrays composed of basic static and dynamic cells.  

Implement a datapath using register files, functional units, and a three bus architecture. 

Describe the instruction types and formats of a RISC instruction set.  

Implement instruction sequences in a datapath using a RISC instruction set.   

Describe the operation of a branching, single-cycle controller.